Athlete Profile: Alex Duckworth
Alex Duckworth is from a small fishing village along Nova Scotia’s mountain-less south shore. Snowboarding may seem like an unusual career choice being from that area, but she has made a name for herself.
Athlete Profile: Rosanna Crawford
Rosanna, who first started skiing at age five,turned heads with an impressive showing at her first ever Canadian Championships, where she took the overall title after winning gold
medals in three disciplines.
Sochi Profile: Women’s Ski Jumping
Women’s Ski Jumping: A Long and Winding Road to Sochi 2014
Athlete Profile: Brendan Green
Brendan is beginning his seventh year of racing with Canada’s senior team. Brendan began cross-country skiing at the age of three and immediately fell in love with Nordic sports.
Athlete Profile: Zina Kocher
This 2x Olympian made history three years ago, becoming the first Canadian biathlete in more than a decade to win an international medal by claiming the bronze in Sweden.
Athlete Profile: Jean-Philippe Le Guellec
Jean-Philippe first started in the sport of biathlon at age 13 at the St-Bruno Cadet facility in Montreal. He joined the development squad a year later and also started to race on the civilian circuit.
Athlete Profile: Perianne Jones
What comes first – the chicken or the egg? The same could be said for Perianne as to whether she learned to walk or cross-country ski first. Perianne stepped into her first set of cross-country skis at just three years old.
Athlete Profile: Daria Gaiazova
Daria is now focused on representing Canada at the 2014 Sochi Olympics in her native country of Russia – which would be equally as special as competing in Vancouver 2010.
Athlete Profile: Lenny Valjas
Len has emerged as another one of Canada’s great young cross-country skiers after posting back-to-back medal-winning seasons with a silver and bronze medal this year at the World Cup Tour de Ski.
Cross Country Waxing Basics
TIPS FROM THE PROS
This Issue: A discussion with Joel Jaques, wax technician for Canada’s National Cross Country Team
Sochi 2014 Canadian Olympic Ski Cross Team Announced
Three men and three women officially nominated to Canadian Olympic Team. The three men: Dave Duncan, Chris Del Bosco and Brady Leman; and three women: Kelsey Serwa, Marielle Thompsonand Georgia Simmerling.
Athlete Profile: Alex Harvey
The son of legendary cross-country skier, Pierre Harvey, Alex is as determined to achieve excellence in the classroom as he is on the snow. Alex has balanced his academic and athletic lifestyle while enrolled in the ski- études program during high school, and continues to take university courses on a part-time basis during the shoulder seasons.