Article written by AWCA athlete Kevin Sandau – Easterns marks the halfway point of the race season. The older I get the faster time seems to move. The hours of heavy training between May and the first snowflakes have past by like [rain on the mountains, like...
West Yellowstone Supertour Preparations began weeks prior to the first races of the year: a pair of skate races, sprint and distance, at an altitude of 2000m no less. As to not shock the body from sucking back Westyellowstone’s thin air, AWCA athletes acclimatized by...
The following article was written by Senior Alberta World Cup Academy athlete Kevin Sandau and was published on his blog. This past spring I was kicked off the National Ski Team. After finding out I was cut from the team, I really wanted to quit. I could not see any...
Written by AWCA athlete Delphine Duvernay-Tardiff I had been told Park City training camps were really nice, and even with my high expectations going into the camp I was not dissapointed. I think everyone would agree, Park City was a success! In Park City we worked...
Alex started skiing at 15 in the Ontario high school program, after her first year on skis she was in love and joined the local club team. As a member of the Highland Trailblazers, Alex grew and developed into an ambitious junior girl. Making the Ontario Ski Team in...
Quiet, subtle, silent – one of those people who just tends to fly under the radar. These are the qualities of someone Dahria once met… probably. As for Dahria, well I suspect that while growing up in Whitehorse she decided she didn’t care much for subtlety. From my...
