After a difficult Nor-Am in Colorado in December, para-Alpine skier Pramod “Promo” Thapa is ready to come back next season and enter all the Western Canadian Nor-Am races. He spent this season building up his legs to handle the regulation 185 centimetre GS skis, and 165 cm slalom skis on which he’s required to ski, as per FIS … [Read more...]
It seems like just yesterday we were hanging nets on the OSV. It was, in fact, November 10. Now, after 65 days training, 10 competitions, highlights, lowlights, tons of hours pulling and re-setting nets, the season’s over! The Sun Peaks Alpine Club hosted some awesome events and the whole community came together nicely to showcase what a … [Read more...]
What does it take to become the best in any one thing? Dedication, time on task, passion, the right opportunities at the right time, funding, talent, and practice. To become a World Cup skier you have to have all of those things and more. There are a million factors that can affect your constantly changing training environment, and because of … [Read more...]
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