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Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy Team Announcement 2019-2020 (Press Release)
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Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy Team Announcement 2019-2020 (Press Release)

Jason AlbertJune 21, 2019

For Immediate Release  Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy Team Announcement Press Release June 11, 2019 Canmore – The Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy is proud to announce our new team for the 2019-20 season. Comprised of two formal training groups, one in Calgary and one in Canmore, the 2019-20 team is the most diverse group of athletes to date.  Led by six national team members, Emily Nishikawa, Dahria Beatty, Elizabeth Elliott, Benita Peiffer,...

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Alpine Insurance Renews its Support of the Alberta World Cup Academy (Press Release)

FasterSkierJune 12, 2019

For Immediate Release Alpine Insurance renews its support of the Academy   Press Release June 11, 2019 Canmore – The Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy, Canada’s premier high-performance training centre, is thrilled to announce Alpine Insurance’s continued support in a multi-year title sponsorship agreement. The partnership represents a longstanding and mutually beneficial relationship between the two iconic organizations. Alpine Insurance has a rich history of supporting amateur athletics in Alberta, while the Alberta World...

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Bridging the Gap: Nordiq Canada’s Female Coach Mentorship Program
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Bridging the Gap: Nordiq Canada’s Female Coach Mentorship Program

Jason AlbertMay 8, 2019

It is no secret that the lineup of coaches, wax techs, and support staff in high level cross country skiing is predominantly male; while the percentage of female coaches and support staff varies by country, it is far from 50-50 across the board. The degree to which nations are addressing this disparity also varies. On March 20th, the Women’s Committee of Nordiq Canada launched its second iteration of the Female Coach Mentorship program, which provides...

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New Program Info for the Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy
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New Program Info for the Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy

FasterSkierMarch 21, 2019

(Press Release) March 20, 2019 – Our Academy programs in Canmore and Calgary are currently accepting applications. We have brought changes to our Program Guidelines for 2019-20, new options are now available, providing financial flexibility.  Program Guidelines Submit your application with the Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy by April 7, 2019. Apply Here! We welcome questions through 

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Cross Country Canada: The Reboot Part Two
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Cross Country Canada: The Reboot Part Two

Gerry FursethNovember 23, 2018

This is the second part of FasterSkier’s report on the state of high performance cross-country skiing and athlete development in Canada. You can read part one here. Cross Country Canada (CCC), as the national governing body for cross-country skiing in Canada has the difficult task of steering a rather large ship. The idea in steering the ship is to maintain a path requiring little quick and nimble maneuvering. Survey the landscape, mine the data, set...

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Cross Country Canada: The Reboot Part 1
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Cross Country Canada: The Reboot Part 1

Gerry FursethNovember 21, 2018

Cross Country Canada (CCC) has begun a reboot process as the new Olympic cycle starts. Corporations call this a reset, a rebranding, a new direction, restructuring, and various other names that try to disguise the challenges and issues that come with enacting real change. The reboot process traditionally starts with an acknowledgement that the current level of success, and that of the foreseeable future, doesn’t align with the goals or the potential of the organization....

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Cockney on Growing Up with Skiing, Retiring and What’s Next
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Cockney on Growing Up with Skiing, Retiring and What’s Next

Alex KochonMay 31, 2018

Strength. Balance. Agility. Jesse Cockney had all of those qualities as a child growing up in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories — just like most Inuit kids — according to his father, Angus. But what he could do with that talent was what Angus hoped to nurture. Since he had put his son on skis at age 3, Angus reflected in an email that he “knew then that [Jess] had incredible potential to succeed.” And so the...

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Beatty Caps Season with 160 k Arctic Circle Race Victory
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Beatty Caps Season with 160 k Arctic Circle Race Victory

Alex KochonApril 27, 2018

Canada’s Dahria Beatty closed out her World Cup season with the rest of her international-racing peers on March 18 in Falun, Sweden. After three straight days of races, the 24-year-old Whitehorse, Yukon, native finished World Cup Finals in 54th overall. Five days later, she endured a three-day 160-kilometer classic race in Greenland, 65 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle. And Beatty didn’t just survive the 22nd-annual epic adventure, she won it. In her first Arctic...

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Frozen Thunder Day 1: Locke Wins Qualifier for World Cup Spot; Valjas Outlunges Thompson in Final
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Frozen Thunder Day 1: Locke Wins Qualifier for World Cup Spot; Valjas Outlunges Thompson in Final

Gabby NaranjaNovember 2, 2017

Clouds heavy with building snow and a winter-storm warning already in effect cast a second anticipatory shadow over a jittery group of racers gathered on Wednesday for the first Frozen Thunder race of the season at the Canmore Nordic Centre in Canmore, Alberta. At stake for some of the top Canadians participating in the day’s classic sprint was the opportunity to secure the final spot on the men’s World Cup team for the first period...

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AWCA Position Opening: High Performance Coach
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AWCA Position Opening: High Performance Coach

FasterSkierOctober 12, 2017

Job posting) Position Opening: High Performance Coach – Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy  The Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy (Alpine Insurance AWCA) has a current opening for a High Performance Coach for the 2017/18 competition year, November through March.  This position could lead to a full-time contract for the 2018/19 training and competition season. As a designated NTDC, the Academy is part of Cross Country Canada’s national network of training centres and has...

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It’s Been a Bad Combo Out West: Wildfire Smoke and Training
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It’s Been a Bad Combo Out West: Wildfire Smoke and Training

Jason AlbertSeptember 12, 2017

This week’s featured articles are made possible thanks to the generous support of Masters World Cup 2018. The Canadian AQI is based on particulate matter 2.5 microns or smaller, but uses a 1-10+ scale with “1” being low health risk and “+” very high.) Gareth Williams, a member of Canada’s national U25 Team and a native of Kelowna, B.C., wrote in an email that the smoke was a near-constant companion this summer. “Summer has been...

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Cockney Leads ‘North of the Border’ U.S. Nats Prologue Podium
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Cockney Leads ‘North of the Border’ U.S. Nats Prologue Podium

Gabby NaranjaJanuary 13, 2017

MIDWAY, Utah. — Most were swallowed in seconds, the steady stream of snowflakes on Thursday serving a magician-like purpose: a curtain of snow through which the first five starters all appeared, only to disappear once again. All except one. A speck of red bobbing through the Soldier Hollow’s (SoHo) new sprint course, sporting bib 5 and the Canadian national team suit, Jess Cockney did not go unseen. The 27-year-old member of Canada’s World Cup B-team lost nothing to...

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17 Questions for 2017: Dahria Beatty
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17 Questions for 2017: Dahria Beatty

FasterSkierDecember 1, 2016

Welcome to “17 Questions for 2017”, where we are catching up with American and Canadian national-team members before the beginning of the winter season. *** The day after her 22nd birthday last March, Dahria Beatty made the case that she could be Cross Country Canada’s next star. Not only did she score her first World Cup top 30, but she nabbed a remedying some back troubles and building strength, Beatty says she looks like a...

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