Category — Racing news

Twice this year he has been on the podium, but yesterday while training in Wengen, Switzerland Jan Hudec’s season came to a crashing end. 

Hudec was training on the famous Lauberhorn downhill course when he caught an edge in a transition zone; where the skiers go from a steep pitch to a flat section.  In the transition zone the skier faces a great deal of torque on their knees, and catching an edge only increases the torque on the individual’s knee. 

Hudec did not have the healthiest knee to start with; he endured two surgeries previously on this knee.   Dr. Bruce Moore did a quick examination of his knee and predicted that this is likely his third ACL tear on his right knee.

Hudec is returning to Canada for further examination at the Fowler-Kennedy Clinic in London, Ontario by Dr. Robert Lichfield.
   
 We wish him a speedy and successful recovery.

After years of skiing on Rossignol, this year I’ve made the switch to the HEAD program.

Their latest generation of skis have gotten great reviews in Ski Canada and Skiing magazines in all categories - including all mountain, carving, park, and racing.

Recognizing that it’s still the skier who makes the ski work… here’s a note that arrived in our inbox this week from Todd Brooker :
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