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Canada’s First World Cup Win: 50 Years Later

Canada’s First World Cup Win: 50 Years Later

On a cold December morning in 1975, Ken Read shocked the ski racing world by winning Canada’s first men’s World Cup downhill in Val d’Isère. Fifty years later, he reflects on that breakthrough moment, the rise of the Crazy Canucks, and how one run changed the course of Canadian winter sport.

By Ken Read | 2025-07-18T08:19:34-06:00 July 14th, 2025 | Tags: Crazy Canucks, Ken Read, newtemp | Comments Off

Ken Read to lead transition team at Alberta Alpine

Provincial organization adopts innovative approach to guide new management team.

By SR Staff Report | 2014-10-07T15:12:12-06:00 August 25th, 2014 | Tags: Bob Leitch, Cam Stephen, Canada, CanAm, Canmore, FIS, Ken Read, Keurig, Lake Louise, MBA, Nigel Loring, NorAm, Panorama, photo, race, racing, ski, skiing, transition | Comments Off

Men’s race preview: No sure thing in Soelden

A master of unusual training techniques, Bode Miller spent his summer jumping over badminton nets. Will it pay off in Soelden?

By Hank McKee | 2013-10-31T15:00:19-06:00 October 25th, 2013 | Tags: Alexis Pinturault, Bode Miller, Crazy Canuck, David Donaldson, Dustin Cook, Erik Read, Ice Box, Ken Read, Kieffer Christianson, Manfred Moelgg, Marcel Hirscher, Molltaler Glacier, Morgan Beck Miller, Phil Brown, Robby Kelley, Soelden, Ted Ligety, Tim Jitloff, Tommy Biesemeyer, U.S. Ski Team, Warner Nickerson, White Circus, World Cup | Comments Off

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Canada’s First World Cup Win: 50 Years Later

Ken Read to lead transition team at Alberta Alpine

Men’s race preview: No sure thing in Soelden

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