Marie-Michèle Gagnon

First Downhill points in over 6 years...and first true points as a “speed skier”. I’m aware placing 28th isn’t anything to shout off the rooftop, but for me it was a small victory. I’m excited to have another shot tomorrow☺️ 📷 @agencezoom

It’s downhill race time tomorrow in Lake Louise! So happy to race on home soil 🙌🏻🇨🇦 Come out and cheer for us this whole weekend! 📷 Malcolm Carmichael

Tassez vous de d’la 🤣 #deathstare 📷 @agencezoom

🚨 Product give-away alert 🚨 Hey dear friends and ski lovers, I am giving away one of the brand new “Season Maintenance Program” through @alpinestrength ! In order to know more about this program, click on the link in my bio. The contest goes until Sunday December 1st at 8pm ET. To be elligible for the contest, you must : 1- follow @alpinestrength 2- tag a friend that you think would like the program. Easy peezy, right?! Happy American Thanksgiving from Killington! #thankful

As the snow now covers the entirety of Canada, my team @alpinecanada and I are super lucky to drive “la crème de la crème” of cars to and from the ski hill. Check out my stories for more insights about my favourite features of the car! #AudiOnTheSlopes @audicanada

~Give me some flow ~ This photo was taken on the first chair ride of the morning. I was of course all hopeful! We have been training DH for a 4 day block and today I was sure that I could reach the next step. The first day was AMAZING, I pretty much improved every run and felt so excited that I was no longer uncomfortable on my DH skis like last season (post injury). I WANT to go fast and that’s refreshing. Then, day 2, sweet I close the gap between my time and the boys. Day 3-4: We now can compare our times with other girls. It’s sweet to have pace with us. The typical pattern for me happens, I start trying too hard : Trying to keep my toc everywhere despite losing the flow of the course, I’m moving a little more stiffly, trying to drive the ski impatiently. (and yes there is a fix!) I’ll get to the point of my story soon, I promise! I was just going to post this photo and pretend all is perfect, the typical Instagram posts you see all over. But I remembered my #AsSheIs challenge, so there you go... Of course, not everyday is amazing, the learning curve is not always upwards, but in the end when I reach the finish of a DH course, I ALWAYS have the biggest smile, because no matter what my time, downhill is so FUN!! A lot of people have asked me why I decided to stop doing slalom even though it was my “best-most consistent “ discipline. To me, the decision was so easy and final after spending the summer prepping for PyeongChang on the speed boards. I just freakin’ love the feeling of when I get to the bottom of the course and immediately have to do it again, but FASTER!! Anyhow, the point is: Give me some flow! When I find myself in this downward spiral of trying too hard, the only thing that works is to let it go. I have to pretty much stop thinking about anything I’m working on and just find the flow of the course. Sometimes that’s frustrating as an athlete because you think that the harder you work, the harder you try, you will be faster, but that is so far from the truth in our sport. Skiing is a skill sport. My best, fastest skiing is when I ski around 85% of my max power. So I guess that’s my 100%. Anyone else here with me on this?Tell me your stories

Where the ❤️ is at! #speed #canada #nakiska

Crampé sur la scène...🤣 C’est facile de parler d’inspiration avec toute l’histoire du ski au Canada. Merci de m’avoir laisser partager mon expérience! Et maintenant, c’est l’heure de skier à nouveau. #gumsmile

Trying to get rid of the infamous jet lag, I’ll let you know if exercise helped : tomorrow at NOT 4:30am.🙏🏻 🤔

I’m pretty excited to announce this new @alpinestrength season maintenance program we’ve put together. Some of you already have your pre season training programs, but have asked to get a program you could use while at a ski camp or during your ski season. This is a compact program that includes core, movement, mobility, ski-specific, balance, basic recovery tips and my two favourites: a specific pre race workout (the day before) and a neural activation workout for after a day off. The length of the sessions is around 45 mins taking into account you were skiing the first half of the day. Check it out on our website. ** link in my bio 📷 from 2017- Lake Louise, Canada

In light of the new project launched by @rossignolwomen , I was asked to answer a few questions. So here we go!! 1- What place does sport occupy in your life? • I grew up in a family of 5 kids with two very energetic and sporty parents, sport has been the biggest part of my life since before I can remember. 2- Is there a woman who has inspired you and why? •Lots of women have inspired me all through my life, but as a young ski racer, I really liked how @juliamancuso was able to combine performing at a higher level in skiing and still be able to bloom outside of her sport through her other passions. I now nominate @brittanyphelan @valeriegrenier and @anna_goody to answers these questions too! It’s your turn!! #anotherbestday #rossignolwomen #werise #instachallenge