Team Announcement 2018-19

The Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy is proud to announce our new team for the 2018-19 season.  Headed by veteran Canadian National Team members and 2018 Olympians, Dahria Beatty and Emily Nishikawa, this year’s team truly encaptures diversity and...

Hosting First Sanctioned Rollerski race in Alberta

On July 5th the Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup will be hosting the very first sanctioned rollerski race in Alberta!  We’re still looking for a few more volunteers, mostly as marshals for the course, which will be run around the Bill Warren Training Centre.  If you...

New AWCS President

The Board of Directors of the Alberta World Cup Society (AWCS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Hicks as President. Andrew has been actively involved in cross-country skiing for many years and has been an active member of the AWCS since 2009. He...

AIAWCA Ski Waxing

This is an edit of a wax article I wrote a few years ago. The goal was to share some of our processes and highlight some of our favourite waxes. We work very closely with Start ski wax, a sponsor of ours, and this line has become a cornerstone of our wax box. Over the...