By Kaylen SmallOnline JournalistGlobal News A group has launched a petition to keep ski jumps open at Canada Olympic Park (COP) in Calgary after WinSport permanently closed them earlier this year. WinSport said stakeholders have known since May 2015 that the jumps would be closed and decommissioned in October 2018. Ski Jumping Canada, who started the petition, wants at least […]
Closure of Calgary facility leaves Canada’s ski jumpers homeless Calgary, AB, December 20, 2018: WinSport’s decision to fully close the Calgary Ski Jumping Facility leaves Canada with no 60-meter jump to train athletes — a critical component needed for young athletes to transition from beginner jumps to advanced jumps — as well as no grassroots […]
CALGARY- Nordic Combined Ski Canada athlete Nathaniel Mah is about to launch another season of jumping. Mr. Mah will be starting the season on the Continental Cup circuit in Steamboat Springs, CO, and Park City UT before heading to the world cup after the Christmas break. Watch this website for the results.
CALGARY- Gasper Bartol has been selected to serve as the new head coach of Nordic Combined Canada. Mr. Bartol is from Slovenia and brings to the organization years of experience as a ski jumping athlete. He has signed on as the coach for the 2018-2019 winter season. Pictured below are Mr. Bartol (right) with Nordic […]
Nordic Combined Canada is pleased to announce that Craft has been selected as Nordic Combined’s clothing provider for the 2018-2019 season. Craft is the pioneer of functional apparel for serious athletes. Since 1977 Craft has devoted itself to developing innovative clothing built to withstand extreme weather in all conditions. Craft works closely with its many sponsored athletes and […]
A MESSAGE FROM NORDIC COMBINED SKI CANADA ATHLETE NATHANIEL MAH (Sept. 22, 2018): Hosting the Olympics should be more then just about the actual event. The facilities constructed should be created with the intention of them being used for several years after the event. This happened with the 1988 Olympic jumps, where the site is […]
Nordic Combined Ski Canada competes at the FIS Nordic Combined Grand Prix from September 22-23, 2018 in Planica, Slovenia. Canadian Nathaniel Mah finished 33rd in the Grand Prix – Men’s Gundersen LH HS140/10.0 Km on Sept. 23, 2018. The official results are posted here: https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=NK&raceid=2257 In addition, he finished 37th in the same event on […]
Donna Spencer · The Canadian Press · Posted: Sep 20, 2018 3:07 PM MT | Last Updated: September 20 The ski jump at WinSport is an iconic landmark that can be seen from many parts of the city’s northwest. The organization says it won’t be used again. (Paul Karchut/CBC) An International Olympic Committee official once […]
Joel Reichenberger December 27, 2017 STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — The Canadian Nordic Combined team spent much of the last month in a spare bedroom of a downtown Steamboat Springs home furnished with one twin bed. Nothing to worry about, Nathaniel Mah said. He fits just fine. Mah’s the only Canadian competing in international Nordic combined and […]
Continental Cup: December 15-17 Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation and the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club hosted the 2017 Steamboat Ski Town U.S.A. FIS Continental Cup Dec. 15 to 17, 2017. This exciting event has attracted top countries in the world, including Japan, Germany and Norway, to send their high level International/World Cup level competitors, […]
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