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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
It easily costs $20,000 to ski race as an older kid over here. No clue about Austria, but you're dealing with a pretty limited pool of kids based on parents income. Who knows if the genetically best ski athlete in Canada has even ever been skiing.
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I don't have a source but i have heard that a lot of the European countries have large corporate funding for the development of alpine athletes. The cost is probably one of the highest barriers here in Canada. The young kids are even upwards of $10,000 (equipment, coaching, lift passes etc)a year before they start to get serious. It wouldn't surprise me in the least that older kids are pushing above $20,000 a year. This probably doesn't even include travel costs (driving, food, hotels if needed) every weekend.