DAY 6 Blog: Farewell to the Soo

Written by AOA Executive Director Scott Barrett.  Hello again from the Road to the OCUP Finals presented by Pizza Pizza. As I write this we’re somewhere in-between the Soo & Camp Fortune after a bit of a slow start due to our drive shaft dropping out of the...

The Road to Italy….

Aaron Puskas of the Norwesters Alpine Club/LSDA is just home from a whirlwind trip to Italy for the weekend Alpecimbra FIS Children’s Races (U14 & U16). He was selected, along with 5 others to Team Canada, based on their outstanding performances at the...

BLOG: Day 4: Slopeside Slalom

Written by AOA Executive Director Scott Barrett.  I successfully made it north after the final Devil’s Glen FIS races and woke up slope side in the Pizza Pizza RV to blue skies and bright sun! Slalom was the name of the game today with a bullet proof track that almost...

BLOG Day 3: Alumni spotlight in the Soo

This sport is steep in history in all four of the AOA Divisions and we really should talk about these legends more. When we decided to feature a legendary family in the Soo two  families immediately came to mind – The Mealey Family and the Real Brothers. Both...

BLOG: Day 2: The RV is slopeside in the Soo!

Written by AOA Executive Director Scott Barrett.  Before we get to an update on the whereabouts of the Pizza Pizza RV I’d like to acknowledge the 5 year anniversary of Nik Zoricic’s fatal crash during a World Cup ski cross in Grindelwald Switzerland. I was...