The best 15 and 16 year old skiers in Canada gathered at Whistler for the FIS J1 National Championships from March 6 to 11, and when the dust settled Windermere’s own Martin Grasic was crowned the Canadian J1 Giant Slalom Champion. Grasic dominated the competition over his two runs, with his combined time being nearly a second and a half ahead of his nearest competitor, with a final time of 2:22.73 to the second-place finisher’s time of 2:24.04. Not one to rest on his laurels, Grasic then followed up that huge win with another first place finish in an FIS race in Sunday River in New England on March 15. Full story to follow in next week’s issue of The Echo.