Alberta Alpine President, Rob McCloskey, chatted with AST Alumni & brothers, Huston and Trevor Philps about ski racing and where they are now. 1) How did you guys get into ski racing? Huston Philp: got into ski racing through my family, as both my parents were big skiers growing up and both my brothers also… View Article
Alumni Updates
Canmore, AB – As summer settles in across the province, we connected with two Alberta Ski Team alumni athletes – Liam Wallace (Sunshine) and Keegan Sharp (Panorama) – for a question and answer session following their successful qualification for the 2019/20 Canadian Alpine C-Team. Wallace, a member of the NCAA University of Alaska Seawolves Ski… View Article
It was an exhilarating and rewarding 2017 World Stock Exchange Ski Championship this year in the beautiful resort town of Livingo, Italy. The Alberta Stock Exchange Ski Team was comprised the following racers: Geoff Irwin (BAR and AST) Jeff Ebbern (BAR) Tom Irwin (BAR) Andrew Abbott (SKIM) Mike Irwin (LLSC/AST/BAR) Pete Irwin (BAR) was there… View Article
New awards to recognize international achievement of Alberta’s athletes Canmore (AB) – The vision of Alberta Alpine is “To lead, inspire and support world leading programs and athletes in alpine ski racing”. The primary goal within the high performance stream is to move athletes from the Alberta Ski Team to the Canadian Alpine Ski Team,… View Article
In the season of the alpine indie darling, Larisa Yurkiw grabbed all the headlines, finishing the season as the fastest female skier in the world not named Lindsay Vonn. However, not to be forgotten in Canada’s collection of non-national team success stories is 24-year-old Erik Read, formerly of the Banff Alpine Racers and Alberta Ski… View Article