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A Season to Rememberby James Christie
The boys are back and the timing couldn’t be better
as Canada makes the turn for the 2010 Olympic Games.
Make that the Canadian Cowboys, the class of 2006-
07 that fi nally shuffl ed the feats of the legendary Crazy
Canucks of the 1970s and ’80s out of the spotlight and
into the ski museum. by James Christie from Buyer's Guide 2008 issue
Let the numbers do the talking.
Canada’s top alpine exponents won a
record 14 medals on the World Cup circuit
last season, solving the riddle of inconsistent
snow conditions time after time. Twelve
of the podiums were gained on the men’s
side, including two golds. Jan Hudec added
a World Championship silver in what is
historically Canada’s signature event, the
downhill. They’ve discovered they can see the
top of the world from a podium.
The men’s side averages 24 years of
age. The women are slightly younger and
anticipating new blood. But together they Full Story >> |
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North of 60Mt. Sima to host the Canada Winter Games from Fall 2006 issue Full Story >> |
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Jerks and JewelsFew athletes in the history of organized sports
have managed to disappoint, disturb and disrespect
their fans, sponsors and admirers with the
determined dexterity displayed by 29-year-old
American ski racer Bode Miller before, during
and after the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics last
February. Miller went from god to goat with gusto
and it’s unlikely he’ll ever recover the status he
had before his sorry soap opera in Italy.
from November 2006 issueFull Story >> |
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Eggxactly how do they do it?Many young ex-racers with enormous
talent who succeeded in the Pontiac Cup
series either failed to make it to the World
Cup or to do well at the top of the pyramid.
The operative question, therefore, is what
exactly is it that separates a World Cup
racer from the rest of the crowd? from November 2005 issueFull Story >> |
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Right Idea, Wrong WinterIf predicting next winter’s ski racing
champions in the summer were a sweet
science like, say, betting on quarter horses
in Alberta, your humble prognosticator
would have made a bundle the last two
years mainly on quinella bets. Although
I’ve now predicted the next female champion
three years running (Janica Kostelic, Anja
Paerson and Paerson again) in this offseason
madness, I’ve faltered somewhat
with the men, calling for Stephan Eberharter,
Bode Miller and Benjamin Raich with results
of Eberharter, Hermann Maier and Miller. Full Story >> |
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Canada's best from Greene to GrandiGoing into this season, his 12th on the circuit,
Grandi had built a fairly convincing case
that he could be considered Canada’s all-time
best male technical racer in the 38-year history
of the World Cup. His only real competition for
that honour was the storied career of “Jungle“
Jim Hunter, the pioneer who paved the way for
the Crazy Canucks back in the early ’70s. Full Story >> |
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