The Academy is 10 years old

For the past ten years, the Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy has shaped young athletes into Canada’s strongest cross-country skiers. That deserves a pat on the back. The Academy took an evening to celebrate its past, present and future Sunday (June 24) at...

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...

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...

Allison McArdle – New High Performance Coach

Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy announces Allison McArdle as new High Performance Coach The Alpine Insurance AWCA is very pleased to announce that Allison McArdle will be joining our organisation starting January 1st, as a High Performance Coach.  Allison...

Is Silver Star Better than Lake Louise?

The rest of the AIAWCA skiers followed snow into the west for a mini-camp at Silver Star resort in Vernon. The result was days of solid, consistent training, and a trip down memory lane for Jeffries. “I haven’t done a camp in Silver Star since I was an athlete in...