The Ski Canada Test Team
 Free Carve Men's Team - (Left to right) Ross Coutts, Damion Appelgath, Drew Sivers, Dave Honeyman, Mike Falcon, Steve Podborski, Peter Smart, Mike Weiss, Mike Michaud, Robin Baycroft Joe Grierson and Mark Stein (missing) |
Men
Damion Appelgath
Ht/Wt: 6', 210 lbs
Style: Athletic/Aggressive
Sponsor: Atomic
Top 3 Slalom picks: 1) Elan 2) Dynastar 3) Atomic
Top 3 GS Race picks: 1) Atomic 2) Rossignol
3) Dynastar, Volant (tie)
Top 3 Free Carve picks: 1) Atomic, Head (tie) 3) Rossignol
Robin Baycroft
Ht/Wt: 6', 165 lbs
Style: Athletic/Aggressive
Sponsor: Atomic
Top 3 Slalom picks: 1) Atomic, Rossignol (tie) 3) Head
Top 3 GS Race picks: 1) Atomic 2) Head 3) Salomon
Top 3 Free Carve picks: 1) Rossignol 2) Salomon 3) Atomic
Ross Coutts
Ht/Wt: 5' 11'', 190 lbs
Style: Aggressive
Sponsor: Atomic
Top 3 Slalom picks: 1) Elan 2) Rossignol 3) Atomic
Top 3 GS Race picks: 1) Atomic 2) Rossignol 3) Volant
Top 3 Free Carve picks: 1) Atomic 2) Salomon 3) Nordica
Dave Honeyman
Ht/Wt: 5' 10 '', 190 lbs
Style: Athletic/Aggressive
Sponsor: Volkl
Top 3 Slalom picks: 1) Dynastar 2) K2 3) Atomic
Top 3 GS Race picks: 1) Scott 2) Head 3) K2
Top 3 Free Carve picks: 1) Volant 2) K2 3) Nordica
Mark Impey
Ht/Wt: 5' 7 '', 161 lbs
Style: Aggressive
Sponsor: Head/Tyrolia
Top 3 GS Race picks: 1) Head 2) Fischer 3) Rossignol
Dave Irwin
Ht/Wt: 5' 9 '', 178 lbs
Sponsor: Rossignol
Style: Athletic
Top 3 Slalom picks: 1) Atomic 2) Rossignol 3) Dynastar
 GS Race Men's Team - (Left to right; top row:) Test Co-ordinator Joe Grierson, Mark Stein, Ross Coutts, Damion Appelgath, Drew Sivers, Mike Michaud and Peter Smart. (Bottom row:) Mark Impey, Robin Baycroft, George Terwiel and Steve Podborski. |
Mike Michaud
Ht/Wt: 5' 9 '', 175 lbs
Style: Aggressive
Sponsor: None
Top 3 Slalom picks: 1) Nordica 2) Atomic 3) Salomon
Top 3 GS Race picks: 1) Atomic 2) Elan
3) Fischer, Volant (tie)
Top 3 Free Carve picks: 1) Scott 2) Kneissl 3) Atomic
Steve Podborski
Ht/Wt: 5' 10 '', 170 lbs
Style: Athletic
Sponsor: Atomic
Top 3 Slalom picks: 1) Head 2) Atomic 3) Volant
Top 3 GS Race picks: 1) Atomic 2) Fischer, Volant,
Rossignol (tie)
Top 3 Free Carve picks: 1) Head 2) Atomic 3) Rossignol
Drew Sivers
Ht/Wt: 5' 7 '', 145 lbs
Style: Aggressive
Sponsor: none
Top 3 Slalom picks: 1) Head 2) Rossignol 3) Elan
Top 3 GS Race picks: 1) Head 2) Rossignol 3) Dynastar
Top 3 Free Carve picks: 1) Dynastar 2) K2 3) Salomon
Peter Smart
Ht/Wt: 6' 2 '', 230
Style: Aggressive
Sponsor: Rossignol
Top 3 Slalom picks: 1) Rossignol 2) Nordica 3) Head
Top 3 GS Race picks: 1) Atomic, Rossignol (tie) 3) Volant
Top 3 Free Carve picks: 1) Rossignol 2) Atomic 3) Salomon, K2 (tie)
Mark Stein
Ht/Wt: 6' 4 '', 205 lbs
Style: Athletic/Aggressive
Sponsor: Head
Top 3 Slalom picks: 1) Head 2) Rossignol 3) Dynastar
Top 3 GS Race picks: 1) Volant 2) Atomic 3) Fischer
Top 3 Free Carve picks: 1) Head 2) Atomic 3) Rossignol
George Terwiel
Ht/Wt: 5' 11 '', 185 lbs
Style: Athletic
Sponsor: Head
Top 3 GS Race picks: 1) K2 2) Rossignol 3) Head
Mike Weiss
Ht/Wt: 5' 4 '', 138 lbs
Style: Aggressive/Finesse
Sponsor: Atomic
Top 3 Slalom picks: 1) Atomic 2) Head 3) Salomon
Top 3 GS Race picks: 1) Atomic 2) Rossignol 3) Fischer
Top 3 Free Carve picks: 1) Atomic 2) Salomon, K2 (tie)
Mike Falcon
(Ski Canada radio guy)
Joe Grierson
Test co-ordinator guy
Free Carve Women's Team - (Left to right) Lauralee Bowie, Karen Levine, Anne Michaud, Lindsey Roberts, Anne Keith, Joanne Younker, Allyson Bower, Kim Coulter, Alannah Gamblin and Anne Terwiel |
Women
Allyson Bower
Ht/Wt: 6' 1 '', 175 lbs
Style: Athletic/Finesse
Sponsor: None
Top 3 Slalom picks: 1) Head 2) Rossignol 3) Salomon
Top 3 GS Race picks: 1) Rossignol 2) Head 3) Atomic
Top 3 Free Carve picks: 1) Rossignol 2) Salomon 3) Atomic
Lauralee Bowie
Ht/Wt: 5' 3 '', 129 lbs
Style: Finesse
Sponsor: Head
Top 3 Slalom picks: 1) Head 2) Rossignol 3) Salomon
Top 3 GS Race picks: 1) Head 2) Rossignol 3) Volant
Top 3 Free Carve picks: 1) Rossignol 2) Dynastar 3) Salomon
Kim Coulter
Ht/Wt: 5' 10 '', 165 lbs
Style: Aggressive
Sponsor: None
Top 3 Slalom picks: 1) Atomic 2) Salomon 3) Elan
Top 3 GS Race picks: 1) Atomic 2) Volant 3) Head
Top 3 Free Carve picks: 1) Volant, Atomic, Rossignol (tie)
Lark Dale
Ht/Wt: 5' 8 '', 183 lbs
Style: Athletic/Aggressive
Sponsor: none
Top 3 Slalom picks: (all tied, identical scores)
1) Elan, Head, Fischer
Top 3 GS Race picks: 1) K2 2) Atomic 3) Dynastar
Alannah Gamblin
Ht/Wt: 5' 7 '', 150 lbs
Style: Athletic/Aggressive
Sponsor: None
Top 3 Slalom picks: 1) Salomon 2) Head 3) Elan
Top 3 GS Race picks: 1) Atomic 2) Rossignol
3) Dynastar, Head (tie)
Top 3 Free Carve picks: 1) Atomic 2) Rossignol 3) Salomon
Anne Keith
Ht/Wt: 5' 4 '', 150 lbs
Style: Athletic/Finesse
Sponsor: Elan
Top 3 Slalom picks: 1) Atomic 2) Elan
3) Head, Salomon (tie)
Top 3 GS Race picks: 1) Atomic 2) Fischer 3) Volant
Top 3 Free Carve picks: 1) Salomon, K2 (tie), 3) Head
 GS Race Women's Team - (Left to right; top row:) Lauralee Bowie, Allyson Bower, Karen Levine, Lindsey Roberts, Joanne Younker and Alannah Gamblin. (Bottom row:) Anne Keith, Lark Dale, Anne Michaud, Kim Coulter and Anne Terwiel. |
Karen Levine
Ht/Wt: 5' 5 '', 143 lbs
Style: Athletic/Aggressive
Sponsor: none
Top 3 Slalom picks: 1) Atomic 2) Head 3) Salomon
Top 3 GS Race picks: 1) Fischer 2) Atomic 3) Head
Top 3 Free Carve picks: 1) Atomic 2) Rossignol 3) Head
Anne Michaud
Ht/Wt: 5' 3 '', 125 lbs
Style: Athletic/Finesse
Sponsor: None
Top 3 Slalom picks: 1) Rossignol 2) Atomic 3) Elan
Top 3 GS Race picks: 1) Rossignol 2) Atomic 3) Fischer
Top 3 Free Carve picks: 1) Rossignol 2) Salomon 3) Dynastar
Lindsey Roberts
Ht/Wt: 5' 8 '', 150 lbs
Style: Athletic/Aggressive
Sponsor: Rossignol
Top 3 Slalom picks: 1) Rossignol 2) Atomic 3) Head
Top 3 GS Race picks: (all tied, identical scores)
1) Rossignol, Atomic, Dynastar
Top 3 Free Carve picks: 1) Atomic 2) Rossignol 3) Volant, Head (tie)
Anne Terwiel
Ht/Wt: 5' 9 '', 135 lbs
Style: Athletic/Finesse
Sponsor: Head
Top 3 Slalom picks: 1) Rossignol 2) Atomic 3) Dynastar
Top 3 GS Race picks: 1) Rossignol 2) Atomic 3) Head
Top 3 Free Carve picks: 1) Atomic, Dynastar (tie) 3) Salomon
Joanne Younker
Ht/Wt: 5' 7 '', 140 lbs
Style: Athletic/Finesse
Sponsor: None
Top 3 Slalom picks: (all tied, identical scores)
1) Dynastar, Head, Atomic, Salomon
Top 3 GS Race picks: 1) Atomic 2) Rossignol 3) Fischer
Top 3 Free Carve picks: 1) Atomic, Fischer, Rossignol (tie)
Isolant Thunsulate Insulation, Cherokee family radios, Smartwool socks, Ryders Eyewear, Snik, Balance Bar, Tropicana, Contour, Navarro, Nissan and Sun Peaks Resort.
A big Ski Canada thank you goes out to Sun Peaks's Scott Quibbel, who co-ordinated and ran the successful Ski Canada Demo Days that gave anyone who wanted the chance to test skis themselves in the days prior to the Ski Canada On-Slope Test.
As well, major gratitude to Ian McLaren of McSporties, Sun Peaks's first independent retailer, located in the Stumboeck Sun Peaks Lodge. One of five "Ians" working on the test, McLaren stood in to help those manufacturers that were unable to send reps to the test.