Alpine Canada: Ben Thomsen competes on the downhill track in Kitzbuehel, AUT
Alpine Canada: Thomsen rounding a gate during the downhill in Kvitfjell, NOR
Alpine Canada: Ben Thomsen focuses on the task at hand during the men's super-G at the 2013 world championships. Thomsen finished 19th.
Alpine Canada: Ben Thomsen catches air in the world championships men's super-G in Schladming, Austria.
Alpine Canada: Ben Thomsen takes a corner in tight form in the men's downhill at world championships in Schladming, Austria, where he finished 17th.
Alpine Canada: Ben Thomsen looks ahead to the next turn in the men's downhill at the 2013 world championships in Schladming, Austria.
Alpine Canada: Ben Thomsen with a breakthrough 12th-place finish in the legendary Kitzbuehel downhill.
Alpine Canada: Young gun Ben Thomsen skis to a 17th-place finish in the demanding downhill in Kitzbühel, Austria.
Alpine Canada: Ben Thomsen in action during the super-G at the FIS Alpine World Cup in Lake Louise, CAN
Alpine Canada: Ben Thomsen during the super-G in Lake Louise, CAN
Alpine Canada: Ben Thomsen competes in the downhill in Lake Louise, CAN
Alpine Canada: Ben Thomsen is all smiles on a free ski day in Lake Louise, CAN
Alpine Canada: Ben Thomsen celebrates his best World Cup finish to date in Chamonix.
Alpine Canada: Ben Thomsen during men's downhill training in Beaver Creek.
Alpine Canada: Ben Thomsen during the first downhill training run in Lake Louise (Nov. 2012)
Alpine Canada: Ben Thomsen during World Cup downhill in Lake Louise.
Alpine Canada: Ben Thomsen during the first downhill training run in Lake Louise (Nov. 2012)
Alpine Canada: Ben Thomsen in Lake Louise (Nov. 2012)
Alpine Canada: Ben Thomsen during the first downhill training run in Lake Louise (Nov. 2012)
Alpine Canada: Ben Thomsen during wind-tunnel testing at an Audi facility in Germany.
Alpine Canada: Ben Thomsen on the podium in the downhill in Sochi, Russia.
Alpine Canada: Ben Thomsen celebrates as he crosses the finish line in the downhill in Sochi, Russia.
Alpine Canada: Ben Thomsen skis to a second-place finish in the downhill in Sochi, Russia.
Alpine Canada: Ben Thomsen is a happy man after his first-career podium in the downhill in Sochi, Russia.
Alpine Canada: Erik Guay and Jan Hudec congratulate Ben Thomsen on his epic fifth-place finish after starting 50th in the downhill in Chamonix, France.
Alpine Canada: Ben Thomsen in action during World Cup super-G in Lake Louise.
Alpine Canada: Ben Thomsen during downhill training at the men's World Cup stop in Sochi - the first test event for the 2014 Olympics.
Alpine Canada: Jan Hudec, Ben Thomsen and Erik Guay celebrate a great day of downhill racing in Chamonix, France.
Alpine Canada: Team Canda celebrates a great of downhill ski racing in Chamonix, France.
Alpine Canada: Ben Thomsen during wind-tunnel testing at an Audi facility in Germany.