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Monday, February 23, 2009
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SRCmag.ca
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the source for canadian snowsports news
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The New Canadian Attitude
Yes, we Canadians are likable, pleasant and all-around nice people. But in the black and white world of amateur sports nice means nothing, except perhaps being a more likable loser.
But now we see the new Canadian emerging on the slopes. Nice, yes, but more confident, sure and purposeful.
Sara Renner, who finished 9th last week in the 10-kilometre classic at the cross country worlds in Czech Republic, expressed disappointment with the rare top-10 finish.
"I really felt like I could have been in the fight for the medals today," said Renner. "I have set my standards pretty high. I know I really should be easier on myself, but I also know that I can be a medal contender."
Then there's Alexandre Bilodeau, perhaps the best Canuck moguls skier since Jean-Luc Brassard, who credits an attitude adjustment for his career turnaround after wrapping up his first WC title on Saturday.
Expectations were loaded on the Quebec skier when he burst onto the moguls scene in 2006 becoming the youngest winner ever on the WC when he took gold in Mont Gabriel, Quebec. He was touted as a gold-medal threat going into the 2006 Torino Games but was overwhelmed by the experience.
Now, the 21-year-old is focused on the moment and has become Canada's hottest skier on the road to 2010.
I guess it doesn't hurt that he has possibly the best team in history right behind him. The men's moguls team has swept two World Cup podiums this season and appear to be just getting going ...
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 Ever wonder what it feels like to be a world champion mogul skier? Take a ride with Alexandre Bilodeau and try not to toss your cookies when going over the two kickers!
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Bilodeau wraps up overall moguls crown as streak hits 4
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 MYRKDALEN-VOSS, Norway - Canadian Alexandre Bilodeau won his fourth consecutive World Cup
moguls event to clinch his first overall title in the discipline on
Friday, moving to an unbeatable 690
points atop the moguls standings with one race left in the series.
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PHOTO: Kelly VanderBeek, in seventh, equaled her
season-best performance Sunday in the super-G and
improved her result from Saturday's Tarvisio downhill by one rank. (Agence Zoom)
TARVISIO: Vonn sets American record with win No. 19, VanderBeek 7th |
TARVISIO, Italy - Lindsey Vonn set an American record with her 19th women's World Cup victory Sunday in a super-G. The
24-year-old Vonn won in 1 minute, 21.72 seconds to better the previous
record of 18 wins held by Tamara McKinney. Vonn finished second in a
super-combi Friday and in a downhill Saturday.
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Batchelor, Martin medal in Quebec pipe
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 STONEHAM,
Quebec - Jeff Batchelor of Oakville, Ontario, won the gold medal and
Brad Martin of Ancaster, Ontario, won the silver medal in the halfpipe
event of the LG Snowboard FIS World Cup Friday at Stoneham, Quebec.
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HELI SKI? HELL, YEAH !!
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SRC decided to end the season with a real kicker, so we teamed up with Great Canadian Heli-Skiing and we are hosting an end of year SRC retreat. We are bringing along a couple of our writers, including BRIAN STEMMLE and JOHN MEALEY, and the good news is we have room for one more - YOU! We are also throwing in a few thousand dollars worth of HEAD, HALTI, CP and SWANY gear. Click on the below banner to enter...
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