Hicks, Locke travel to Pyeongchang

Annika Hicks and Julien Locke joined Team Canada at the Pyeongchang, South Korea test event, nearly one year out from the 2018 Winter Olympics. Still recovering from an illness that knocked her out of commission for the first part of the year, Hicks finished 26thin...

Cowboy hats aplenty on Whistler podium

The Academy men swept the sprint podium, as the team dominated the Western Canadian Championships in Whistler B.C., Jan 21-23. With Knute Johnsgaard away on the World Cup, AWCA alumnus Jesse Cockney stepped in to take the open men’s title Friday (Jan. 21) in the skate...

US NATIONALS 2017

   First came the exploding van window. Then came the bed bugs. Then the rain and faulty brakes. Yet despite harsh race conditions and unexpected SNAFUs, the Alberta World Cup Academy emerged with five medals from the U.S. Nationals in Soldier’s Hollow, Utah Jan 7-12....

Rossland spells revenge for embattled AWCA skiers

After getting their butts kicked last weekend in Silver Star, the AWCA senior skiers stepped up in a big way in Rossland, BC. Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt, Julian Locke and Jack Carlyle  brought great performances, much to the delight of coach Scott Perras. “For...