Marie Corriveau began her cross country skiing experience with her parents. They introduced her to the sport and since then she has never looked back but rather ahead of her. Since her beginnings Marie has gone from strength to strength and is now aiming for higher sporting summits. Marie admits her greatest challenges are to push back her limits, both physically and mentally. Physically, Maris has always said that “ you can always improve technique et go faster”. Mentally, she says that “ you have to push back your pain threshold”. But out of all this what Mary finds the...

When one starts a crowdfunding campaign it is very important to gain early momentum. Early momentum goes a long way for the success of an athlete or a team’s campaign. There are many different aspects that give early momentum. Firstly,the objective would be to find out your total sum that you will raise. Secondly, begin to build your support network, by that I would start looking at the four circles here. Thirdly,I would look at the benchmarks you could set for yourself. These four points are a recipe for success and will give you a running start to your campaign....

Ben Fouladi is an MMA machine. Having grown up from a troubled past he has gone from strength to strength. He now hopes to represent Canada in the next I.M.M.A.F European Open Championships in the United Kingdom. Everyone I am sure will be cheering on Ben and wishing him all the success. He has raised 120% of his campaign total and he is a real inspiration for many. Q1) What made you start the sport you are currently training in?I started boxing in high school, I had a really Troubled childhood growing up, hanging with the wrong crowd and not...

Manon was proverbially born into judo by her mother who practiced when she was young. Manon was brought with her younger sister and brother to the training sessions and after a month Manon was also training. Her brother and sister have both given up Judo but obviously Manon continued the family trend. The greatest challenge in Manon’s opinion is that in judo you have to combine every aspect of one’s abilities. “ You need strength, technique and you have to be mentally strong”. These assets are extremely invaluable and make a big difference to a judoka. Before the competition Manon...