Cutting Edge 27.02.08
Europa Cup Team... on the road to sucess
The Snowsport GB Europa Cup Team has been having a storming
season on the slopes. Pam Thorburn, Dougie Crawford, Jan Kochalski,
Ed Drake and Dave Ryding, our future hopeful World Cup and
Olympic winners, have been bring in some the best results
of their careers.
Dougie Crawford - Go Speed Racer Go!
After recently scoring one of his best slalom results of his
career to date, Dougie Crawford is hungry for more success.
The 21 year old Glasgow ski racer more
Ed Drake - On top of the World
Another star of the British Alpine Europa Cup team, Ed Drake
scored one of the best results of his career when he won the
FIS more
The proof is in the name - Jan Michael Kochalski
With the name Kochalski, Jan Michael was always going to be
a great skier. Taking to the slopes in Norway at the age of
three for the first time, there has been no looking back.
The Hills are alive with the sound of... the World
Junior Championships!
The mountains of the Pyrenees will come alive this month as
the ski resort of Formigal, Spain plays host to the 2008 Alpine
World Junior Ski Championships. The competition will start
on Saturday 23 February with the Womens' Super G and will
continue on Tuesday 26 February with the Men's Downhill.
Around 300 junior skiers aged between 15 and 20 years old
will be showing their skills and speed on the Collado slopes
which are to host the 220 metre Slalom course and the 350
metre Giant Slalom.
2010the road to the Olympics
Last week saw the Alpine World Cup move to Whistler, Canada,
one of the host resort for the 2010 Winter Olympics, where
preparations for the Games are going well. Team GB have decided
that Calgary is their preferred choice of preparation camp
going into the Games, a city which itself is no stranger to
hosting the Winter Olympics.
Calgary hosted the Winter Olympic Games in 1988 and again
acted as Team GB's preparation camp prior to the 2002 Winter
Olympic Games held in Salt Lake City, and therefore boasts
a legacy of world class facilities.
 Results
Round-Up
Europa Cup Garmisch, Germany (17th February)
* Alain Baxter, Slalom - 14th Place
German National Junior Championships, Jenner (17th
- 19th February)
The spotlight shone on the younger skiers this weekend as
the Brits took them by storm.
* Ed Drake, FIS Slalom - 1st and 4th places
* Dougie Crawford, FIS Slalom - 11th and 7th places
Annaberg, Austria (21-22nd February )
* Dave Ryding, Slalom - 5th and 6th places
FIS World Cup, Whistler, Vancouver (19th - 24th February)
Despite recovering from a gastric bug, which stopped her
eating for two days, Chemmy Alcott achieved two top 30 finishes
in Whistler. Finlay Mickel is still fighting to re-gain the
form he has shown the past two seasons after breaking his
ankle in November.
* Chemmy Alcott, WC Super Combined - 22nd place
* Chemmy Alcott, WC Downhill - 29th place
* Finlay Mickel, WC Super G - 53rd place
Top results for the Telemark Team
The Telemark competitive season is drawing to a close with
the last scheduled event being the World Cup Finals in the
US at Sugarbush, Vermont in March. The British team has toured
across Europe and Scandinavia and was proud to boast eight
competing athletes on the tour, one of the largest team.
The European Cup in Valdezcaray, Spain last week saw British
Team Captain Andrew Clarke recorded his best individual result
of the season. Clarke raised his game and scored an impressive
10th position against a strong European field, gaining vital
FIS points that will secure a higher starting position in
the US. Other good results came from Mark Murray and Andy
Salter who both staked their claim with impressive top 15
results.
Watch out for...snowboarding...27.02.08
World Cup
28-29 Feb - Calgary, Canada, Half Pipe
1-3 Mar - Lake Placid, USA, Snowboard Cross
7-9 Mar - Stoneham, Canada, Half Pipe and Snowboard Cross
Europa Cup
1-2 Mar - Vogel, Slovenia, Big Air and Slope Style
7-8 Mar - Altausse, Austria, Big Air and Slope Style
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