Tribute to Joey Burton

On behalf of the Alberta World Cup Academy, we would like to extend our deepest condolences to Joey’s family, friends and many teammates within the tight-knit skiing community, following the unexpected passing of Joey last week. Joey was very close with many...

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....

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...