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The alpine racing season is slowly drawing to a close with the conclusion of the Adult Weekend Race Series on Gandy Dancer last Sunday.

It wasn’t a sweep, but Canada’s three super-G medals at the Junior World Championship super G at Serre Chevalier, France, still looked pretty good.

Whistler Extreme and Whistler Whoosh on top in tournaments With the provincials just down the road, a pair of Whistler women’s volleyball teams have stepped up their training. And it’s showing. At a recent B.C.

The Sprite Park Rider Series continued this past weekend, March 1, with a SnowCross competition for skiers and boarders. As for past events, the athletes came out in droves to compete against some of the top riders in the region.

World Freestyle Snowmobile Competition to be held outside of Pemberton The last three years haven’t been easy for World Freestyle Snowmobile Competition organizer Linda Stang.

The snowboard fraternity lost another one of its brothers this week. On Feb. 23, at approximately 3:15 a.m., Jeffrey Anderson of Mammoth Lakes, California, fell while sitting and sliding down the rail of a spiral hotel staircase in Nagano.

Imagine a ski area that gets sunshine for 320 days out of the year. In Whistler it’s more like 320 days of fog, snow and rain! But, in St Moritz, Switzerland this is exactly what the weather is like.

The Pemberton Spirit women’s dragon boat racing team has found itself short a couple of paddlers this season, and is looking for a few adventurous replacements.

The Disabled Skiers CN Challenge Cup Race turns 20 this year with a slalom race on Whistler Mountain for recreational skiers on Sunday, March 2. The event raises funds for the Disabled Skiers Association of B.C.

A blanket of new snow on the course slowed down the start and made for an interesting first couple of corners in the first Atomic Ski and Snowboard Cross of the season on Feb. 20.