After six years away from full-time ski racing, Martin returns to Alpine Canada as head coach of the Canadian women’s national team, bringing a focus on World Championship success, athlete development and rebuilding the women’s speed pathway.
Alpine Canada's men's national team nominations raise questions about transparency, NCAA pathways, and the future of Canada's technical ski racing program.
Francis Royal’s move from Alpine Canada’s Women’s World Cup slalom program to the Women’s Development Team may have surprised some, but for those who know him, it reflects a lifelong commitment to athlete development. In this candid conversation, Royal discusses why he embraced a new challenge, the importance of hard conversations, what separates future World Cup athletes from the rest, and how Canada can strengthen its development pathway by focusing on people, collaboration, and the long game.
After a crash in Val d’Isère left her fighting to save her leg, Stef Fleckenstein spent two years rebuilding from the ground up. Now, the Canadian speed skier is a NorAm downhill champion and heading back to the World Cup with a guaranteed start in every downhill next season.
Canada sent one male athlete to the 2026 FIS Alpine Junior World Championships and had no male representation in Olympic technical events. These moments raise broader questions about the depth of Canada’s men’s alpine skiing pipeline and the future of athlete development.
From skiing the woods of Québec to standing atop the World Championship podium, Laurence St-Germain’s journey is built on resilience, creativity, and quiet determination. This is the story behind Canada’s slalom world champion.
Alpine Canada Alpin athlete Liam Wallace made a truly remarkable comeback last season. After a life-threatening crash in February 2024, the young athlete persevered and returned to the slopes stronger than ever. Read his inspiring story.
The last race in Kvitfjell: Dominik Paris clinches sixth win on the track, Crawford earns runner-up spot, Hrobat achieves first super-G podium. Eight other North Americans in top 30.
In the latest episode of the Skiing is Believing podcast, Alan Rigg and Matt Garcka had the opportunity to chat with the Canadian slalom specialist, Amelia Smart.
Zrinka Ljutíc dominates the Courchevel night slalom. Sara Hector achieves 2nd, Lena Dürr in 3rd. Mikaela Shiffrin returns with a top 10!
Sarah Byrne at the Wentworth Ski Race Club (WSRC) in Nova Scotia was awarded Canada's Domestic Alpine Coach of the Year. Her and senior coach, Gregor Byrne, talk about the progress the program is making with youth athletes.
Alpine Canada Alpin announced the recipients of the 2024 Canadian Ski Racing Awards. These accolades aim to acknowledge the achievements and impact made by individuals in Canada's ski racing community.
In episode 21 of the Skiing is Believing podcast, Matt, and Alan chat with former Canadian slalom star Mike Janyk about his racing career. Tune in!
All super-G races at NorAm Finals were canceled due to unfavorable conditions. Allison Mollin and Kyle Alexander secured NorAm Cup SG titles.
The NorAm Finals kicked off with a downhill race. Challenging weather conditions canceled the second downhill race. Isaiah Nelson and Allison Mollin won and earned downhill NorAm Cup Titles. Wiley Maple and Haley Cutler also achieved the second NorAm Cup downhill titles.
the only way Italian Federica Brignone could overtake Lara Gut-Behrami and win the GS title was to win and have Gut-Behrami finish outside the top 15. Delivering fantastic skiing, Brignone attacked both runs at her limit and won the race by an amazing (+1.36). For the fourth time this season, she became the oldest woman to win. However, because Gut-Behrami finished tenth, Brignone fell 21 points short of earning her second World Cup GS title.
Sunday, March 17th: Saalbach Austria Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami will try to lock up the season GS title. However, the only woman with a mathematical possibility of overtaking her is Italian Federica Brignone, who leads after the first run. Brignone would have to win to earn the globe, and Gut-Behrami would have to finish outside the top 15. Gut-Behrami's first run efforts have her ranked 6th (+1.67).
Saturday, March 16th, Saalbach Austria, Stifel US Ski Team's shining star Mikaela Shiffrin overcame a first-run deficit to earn her seventh World Cup slalom victory of the season.
Saturday, March 16th, Saalbach Austria, the only woman not named Mikaela Shiffrin or Petra Vlhová to win a World Cup slalom this season; Sweden's Anna Swenn Larsson has the first-run lead. Skiing with bib 2 in warm salted snow, the Soldeu slalom winner has put herself in the driver's seat for her career fourth victory.
On March 10th Åre, Sweden hosted the final regular season slalom of the 2024 season. It would witness the injury return of Stifel US Ski Team's Mikaela Shiffrin. Even if Germany's Lena Dürr could find a way to win, Shiffrin would only need 13 points to clinch the season's slalom title. However, In her first race back since January 26th, Shiffrin did much more. The first run leader ended the day with her career 96th victory, her 59th in slalom. On the hill, she won her first World Cup and clinched the 2024 slalom title, her eighth.
On March 10th, after the first run of slalom in Åre, Sweden, the returning Mikaela Shiffrin leads the field of women's World Cup skiers. After she fell, racing downhill in Cortina d'Ampezzo, ski fans missed her excellence, but she delivered above their expectations in today's morning run.
Excitement builds for Saturday’s final regular-season GS race in Åre. This will set the stage for the Saalbach finals on March 16th, where the top 25 racers will vie for victory.
A day of milestones at the World Cup super-G in Kvitfjell, Norway. In the final super-G of the 2024 season before WC finals, Kriechmayr won, Jeffrey Read 2nd, Odermatt and Paris 3rd.
The veteran Swede Anna Swenn Larson skied with confidence, attacking the steep long pitch and delivering the fastest time of the morning. Using a similar approach, the racer with the second-fastest time was delivered by Stiflel US Ski Team member Paula Moltzan (+0.14). The only other skier within a half second of Swenn Larson is Croatian Zrinka Ljutic (+0.42).
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