Perisher ski resort has thrown its weight behind Australia’s Vancouver Winter Olympic campaign, building a replica of the key features of the snowboard cross and ski cross course that will be used in the 2010 Games. Snowboard cross and ski cross races are won, more often than not, by the racer who gets an edge out of the start gate and down the first section of the course. So the Perisher grooming fleet has been pushing snow around, sculpting a series of jumps and turns identical to the Cypress Mountain course, focusing in particular on that critical opening section.