Canada's Halbert stands tall on WC ski circuit

LAKE LOUISE, Alberta (AP) — Kelby Halbert is almost too big to be a skier.

At 6 feet, 8 inches (2.032 m) and almost 240 pounds (108 kgs), Halbert is Canada's downhill skiing giant.

On the World Cup circuit, only 6-5 (1.95 m) Marc Gisin of Italy comes close to him in height.

"If you put me in a crowd of ski racers, I'm typically about a head above every one," Halbert said Thursday after his first training run for the Lake Louise Winterstart World Cup.

"There's a few advantages," Halbert said. "One of them is I'm quite a bit heavier and it's a gravity-based sport so I can build speed and carry it very well compared to some of the smaller guys on the …