Ski instructor and coach, Robert «Bobby» Butler (1944-) spent his whole life on skis. His career, spanning from 1956 to 2014, was spent in 4 distinct chapters : Ski coach for the national level (1968 1971), competitor (1971-1974), business man and Ski instructor (1974-2014). Now, Butler is driven by the same passion for his […]
Mimi Séguin was an elite skier who skied with the best skiers of her time, including Lucile Wheeler, Ann Heggtveit, Joanne Hewson and Gigi Seguin (her sister). After she was injured, she put her carreer on pause and continued to follow, on her own, her colleagues and friends to give them technical, psychological and logistical […]
Michel Marcoux was a coach, a builder and a manager of the alpine skiing. He worked at differents levels in many skiing’s organisation including the management of « Club de ski Mont-Tremblant. He was at the head of many internationals events. He was also the president of Ski Quebec. Michel Marcoux
Native of Laurentians, Alexandre Bilodeau was a double gold medal of Olympics (Vancouver and Sochi) in acrobatic skiing-moguls. His gold medal was historic because it was the first gold medal won (in all sports) by the Canada at the Vancouver Games. By his victorys in World Cup, in Olympics Games and in World Championnships, Alexandre […]
Guy Baervoets was on of the best Canadien ski instructor from the Laurentians who participed at many Interski around the world. Well-known like one of the best skier of his time, he started his career at Gray Rocks with the famous Réal Charette and eventually he became vice-director of Whistler’s Ski School in B.C. He […]
Resident of Val David in the Laurentians, Gilles Parent was the founder of the Association des stations de ski de fond du Québec . He is, rare fear for a Canadian, certified mountain guide in Swiss, Europe. He wrote and produced two tv shows about skiing and Alps Mountains: La grande aventure du ski and Les […]
During his long career, Lloyd Langlois the Magog native greatly contributed to popularizing this spectacular sport around the world. He participated in over 100 meets in more than 10 countries. His two Olympic medals were in Calgary (1988) and Lillehammer (1994). Twice World Champion (1986 and 1989) and five times Canadian National Champion he cumulated […]
A Laurentian family dedicated to skiing, Aubrey and Joan led the way to developing elite ski racing as a way of life for many Laurentian ski families. Both were “compulsive volunteers on the ski-racing circuit, working for over 40 years in the Laurentians and raising a family of skiers. This “total involvement eventually evolved towards […]
Born in Switzerland, Paul d’Allmen moved to Canada in 1910. At the time and soon discovers skiing and the Laurentians. In 1915, he joins the war where he will suffer several injuries including a rather serious one to the legs. He is left with a serious handicap which limits his mobility. Nonetheless in 1931, he […]
Born in Toronto in 1958, Greg Koegl moved to Montreal from Toronto in 1982 to pursue business studies at McGill University. He served on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Ski Marathon from 2005 to 2011 and as President between 2007 and 2011. Now a permanent bib Gold Coureur des Bois cross-country skier (obtained […]
