Sawyer Day pictured here training in Red Deer, Alta., is part of Alberta's Mogul Team. (Submitted photo/Sawyer Day)

By Martin Martinson

Carving some memories

Local skier Sawyer Day reflects on ‘whirlwind year’ on the slopes

Apr 19, 2022 | 5:49 PM

For North Battleford’s Sawyer Day, there are few places he’d rather be then atop a mountainside with skis on his boots and the crisp mountain air in his lungs.

And for the better part of the last six months, that’s where the 17-year-old has spent a majority of his time, when not traveling across the country to compete and train with some of the best in the nation.

Taking a call to reflect on his freestyle skiing season as a member of Alberta’s Mogul Team, in the lodge between runs at Sunshine Village near Banff, Day called his last six months “a whirlwind, but with lots of good memories.”

Sawyer Day pictured middle with the first place prize in Junior Nationals Dual Moguls. (Submitted photo/Sawyer Day)

Day started the year with a month-long camp from the end of November to late-December at Apex Mountain Resort, located just outside of Penticton, B.C., before heading to Canadian selections, where he finished 18^th competing against provincial teams from across Canada, and next-gen national team members.

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The event served as a qualifier for Day’s first-ever North American Tour, or ‘Nor-Am’ Series, featuring stops at Apex in late-January where he finished 35^th, and Val Saint-Côme, Que. just north of Montreal in early-February, where he finished 38^th; competing at both with provincial and next-gen athletes, in addition to another 50 from the U.S. as well.

A short training camp in Red Deer was followed by another road swing out east for three more competitions over a three-week period, starting in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Mar. 18-19 at a Canada Cup where he finished 26^th.

Back to Val Saint-Côme for senior nationals, Day again competed against provincial teams across Canada and junior national team members, qualifying with a 10^th place finish for a berth in the finals, where he advanced to ninth following the final runs.

Day’s journey concluded at Crabbe Mountain in Central Hainesville, N.B., for junior nationals in a test event for the Canada Winter Games where he placed second in single moguls and first in dual moguls.

“It was truly incredible,” Day said reflecting back. “It was just a very surreal experience, and it was only my second-ever junior nationals, so I was very excited about that. Even the travel and seeing these new places and courses which I’d never been to, and then to finish the year with some really strong finishes, was also super exciting for me.. I really want to thank my sponsors for making it possible.”

Day will remain training in B.C. until the May long weekend, at which point he’ll take a slight break until the end of June, with a chance to return home. Prior to the start of next season he intends to train in Whistler with some glacier skiing and water ramping in lead up to the start of next fall.

While the season may have just ended this year, one thing is for sure, Day is already looking forward to getting back on the slopes for the competitive circuit again next winter.

“I already can’t wait,” he said with a smile.

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Martin.Martinson@jpbg.ca

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