XY's take the lead

The rain and clouds from week one have cleared, the power has been restored, snow gun mist is lifting and we found blue bird :)
This photo was taken at the finish of our GS today.

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The last two days have been very cold. The kind of cold that we are accustomed to when in Pano, however the kind of cold that no one ever really gets acclimatized to. It's just something as ski racers we do because the feeling of carving an energy rich turn in hard packed powder is completely worth the frost bite scars, the blue toes, and the chill you have for hours after the day is done. As planned we have extended our days here in Pano. Because a lot of teams have vacated for the week we have access to more terrain and for a longer period of time, making the training spectacular. We will very quickly catch up on what we missed.

We are very pleased with the improvement that the group is making. Athletes are responding very positively to feedback they are receiving and it is evident that their understanding of what we need them to accomplish is favourable. Fortunately for us the weather is on a constant increase in temperature through the remainder of the week with sunshine and negative single digits coming our way.

The boys have pulled ahead of the ladies answering questions pertaining to tuning last night, and the Winter Olympics tonight. I think our athletes have pulled some inspiration for their improvements from our local talent on the World Cup. Congratulations Dustin Cook on all your hard work in achieving a result that makes you smile when you cross the finish line!!

Both these photos were pulled from Alpine Canada's instagram account. Thank you for capturing such amazing moments!