BEATTY BREAKS INTO TOP 30

Norway’s Olympic medallist Heidi Weng couldn’t beat her. Nor could American ski icon Kikkan Randall. On Sunday, in Davos, Switzerland, Dahria Beatty was just that fast. Skiing at the speed of northern light, the Yukon product had the best race of her young...

Sault Skier Finds Stride in Canmore

As far back as he can remember, Jack Carlyle always wanted to be a hockey player. Growing up in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, while the rest of his friends were off to the rink, Carlyle wound get dragged onto the Hiawatha Nordic Ski Trails, where he would shuffle around...

Former Olympic Venue a Formidable Challenge

World Cup Update Dahria Beatty and Knute Johnsgaard are barely old enough to remember the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics, but they got to experience the Norwegian city’s lung-busting ski trails Dec. 2-4 during a World Cup mini-tour of the historic small city. The...

Manktelow marvels as Academy nabs three medals to open season

Hometown hero Thomas Manktelow has spent a dizzying amount of time skiing on Canmore’s Frozen Thunder loop over his young career, and that local knowledge paid off with a silver and bronze medal performance in the Junior Men’s division in the first Alberta...

Half Way There

Article written by AWCA athlete Jack Carlyle – When you study for a test, exam, spelling bee, interview, the time and effort, quality and focus reflect on your confidence and most of the time,  the outcome. Walking to a start line,  pep in my step the same way I...