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Originally Posted by Table 5
I know they have mountains in Quebec, but I always found it strange that our best skiers are from the opposite side of the country to where all the best hills are. You'd think kids from BC and Alberta should be right up there in terms of participation.
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Different type of skiing though.
For freestyle you only need a small hill. Skiers from Onatrio, Quebec, etc can easily participate. In the offseason, they use lakes, trampolines, and foam pits I think and you can do that almost anywhere.
For bigger mountain skiiing like downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom, etc Canada relys on the Western Canadian skiers since the mountains for training are way bigger. Unfortunately, Canada has been on a massive medal drought in those events.
After you get to a certain level, it doesn't matter where you're originally from anyways since you'll be travelling and training elsewhere.