London, UK - Olympic and World Cup ski racer Alain Baxter has launched his first ever official calendar - with a twist. The GB Olympic skier has just completed a "nude shoot" to raise money as part of his renewed bid for slalom glory at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

British ski racer Alain Baxter has posed nude for a calendar to support his Olympic bid. (photo: Trevor Yerbury)

The calendar features twelve shots of Baxter taken by top photographer Trevor Yerbury - most of them nude.

The calendar is available for purchase on the Ski Club of Great Britain website www.skiclub.co.uk, with all profits going directly to Baxter’s Olympic bid.

"The calendar is tastefully nude I would say. It was a bit nerve-wracking posing naked, but I think the shots have come out all right," Baxter said.