This weekend is the first of two World Cup competitions for alpine ski racing. First in Copper Mountain and then Beaver Creek in Colorado.

Bay Area-native Erik Arvidsson is hoping to make his Olympic debut in Milan-Cortina. It's been an uphill battle for him to get back on the mountain and competing after back-to-back injuries.

"I've only known being able to ski my entire life," Arvidsson said.

Born and raised in Woodside, Arvidsson says his family would head up north to the mountains almost every weekend. At the age of 8, he competed in his first race at Bear Valley.

"My parents just opened every single door that I wanted to go through," he said. "My dad would commute to the Bay Area Monday through Friday for work and my mom would stay with my little brother and I, my younger brother

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