He is the inventor of the Daigle Banger, starred in Warren Miller's 1972 film, Winter People and co-authored Free Style Skiing in 1974.
[19] He raced for 3 years in Québec, Ontario and the Eastern United States[20] and finished 2nd overall in the DLS championship in 1971.
That same year, at the end of the ski season, Daigle moved to Whistler in British Columbia.
[11][14][19] Daigle entered and went on to win his first professional title, taking first place and a cash prize of $500[11][19][21][22][23]
Coaches included John Eaves, Michael Abson, André Derome, Pierre Poulin, Greg Athans, Larry Thouin, Tony De Joseph, and renowned dancer and choreographer Margie Gillis, who trained ballet skiers.
[14] Notable campers include multiple freestyle world champion Marie-Claude Asselin,[32] Canadian, British and world champion Mike Nemesvary, Yves Laroche, Dominique Laroche and Philippe LaRoche,[30] who went on to win 18 World Cup titles, an Olympic gold medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville and a silver medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.
Bob Salerno, a fellow Team Olin freestyler, went on to build the first water ramp training facility in the US at Nordic Valley in 1978.