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The Crazy Canucks: Canada's Skiing Heroes
They burst onto the European ski scene in the '70s, flying down the most challenging hills with a kamikaze flair. Within a year of competing on the World Cup circuit these fearless Canadian boys were beating the Europeans at a game they'd never lost. Dave Irwin, Ken Read, Dave Murray and Steve Podborski were the Crazy Canucks – young, wild, and skiing as fast as they could.
Last updated: February 19, 2013
Page consulted on May 22, 2013
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After winning his second race of the season, Read gets some bad news.
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Look out Europe! Now there are four Canadians in the top 10.
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The Crazy Canucks aren't well known or much watched in Canada, but the...
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Even the best downhill skiers in the world meet the hills headfirst no...
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Read loses his ski and any chance at gold, but Podborski saves the day...
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Podborski takes the downhill skier's definitive reward - a World Cup.
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With the Sarajevo Olympics right around the corner, the unofficial lea...
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At the young age of 37, skier Dave Murray has died.
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At the late Dave Murray's ski camp, Canadians learn the tricks of the ...
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Dave Irwin speaks candidly about his life-threatening 2001 ski acciden...
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The Canucks reunite as Dave Irwin skis again.
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In 2007, years after retiring from the ski hills, a very busy Steve Po...
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They burst onto the European ski scene in the '70s, flying down the mo...