In February there was a presentation by Beckie Scott, Remi Drolet, Katie Weaver and others (see full line-up and bios further below), and here is the recording. Be sure to watch it if you can; there are just so many moments of excitement, inspiration, and insight.
Also, here is the 2min video of Beckie’s thrilling Olympic medal race that was glitching a bit during Beckie’s presentation.
Please DO feel free to share the link of the recording with others, but please also include the below, as it was a fundraiser and we hope others will be inspired to donate as well.
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Zoom Guest Speakers & start times: (After each speaker, Beckie asks a question for each to answer.)
- Chris Manhard: starting at 02:10 in the recording.
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- Chris, originally from 100 Mile Nordics, is BC’s Provincial Coach and led BC’s historic 2025 National Championships.
- Katie Weaver: 11:36
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- Katie is a member of Hollyburn XC Ski Club, the BC Ski Team, and the National Group 2 Team. She is the 2025 National Champion in the Sprint. At the World Cup in France last winter, she placed a career-best 11th & 16th in the Sprint Qualifications & Finals, and went on to compete at the World Championships in Norway in front of 50,000 spectators. She is going into med school next year. Katie has her eyes set on qualifying for the 2026 Winter Olympics.
- Ella Fuller & Megan Lohmann: 23:02
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- 16-yr old Ella is Fernie Nordic’s first-ever National Champion… x 2! Megan is the dynamic club president. A small and relatively new club, Fernie Nordic has harnessed amazing community support and the club’s young athletes are now giving back and inspiring the entire community.
- Finn Redman & Maria Lundgren: 35:05
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- Finn is a member of Telemark, the BC Ski Team, and the National Group 1 Team. His experiences on the 2024 B-Tour in Sweden inspired him so much that he made the decision to live and train in Sweden for a year. Maria, originally from Sweden, is the Assistant Provincial Coach and has led multiple B-Tours to Sweden for BC.
- Remi Drolet: 46:30
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- Remi is a member of Black Jack Ski Club, the BC Ski Team, and the National Group 2 Team. He has BC’s best-ever results at the World Junior Championships (7th in 2019 and 4th in 2020) and was the anchor for Canada’s historic relay Silver in 2020. Taking a year off during his studies at Harvard, he was one of the very youngest skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics. He is also an NCAA Champion. Remi has his eyes set on qualifying for the 2026 Winter Olympics.
- Reid Carter: 1:00:10
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- Reid is the longtime Chair of Cross Country BC. Of his long list of accomplishments in the sport world, a particular one of note was his leadership and strong support for successfully hosting the FIS 2023 World Junior and U23 Nordic Ski Championships in Whistler.
- FEATURE: Beckie Scott: 1:03:52
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- Beckie is an Olympic gold and silver medallist from small town Alberta, and the first Canadian to win an Olympic medal in cross-country skiing. She was Chair of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Athlete Committee. Beckie is the founder of Spirit North, a national organization dedicated to improving health, wellness and education outcomes for Indigenous youth through sport and play. She is an Officer of the Order of Canada and has been inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame, and the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame. Beckie is now leading our national ski community as CEO of Nordiq Canada.