Cover Stories

The rest of the world is coming to B.C. to ski and board, when are we going to recognize this? By Bob Barnett To look back at all the economic panaceas B.C.

Drawing from the well Maury Young Millennium Place will provide sustenance to the Whistler community By Loreth Beswetherick When more than 800 disparate souls gathered under the conference centre roof towards the end of a millennium to say goodbye to

Lessons learned Answering the call: The Ski School Needs You By G.D. Maxwell Those who can do. Those who can’t teach. I have to admit, I’ve never entirely understood the sentiment behind that well-worn chestnut of folk wisdom.

Pop culture on a stick Snowboarding following a path blazed by freestyle skiing By Bob Barnett In the early 1970s Doug Pfeiffer, one of the first proponents of freestyle or hot dog skiing, wrote in one of his Skiing magazine columns about trying to e

Carving up the pie Stealing skiers is fair game in a flat industry By Loreth Beswetherick It’s a bitter battle that is erupting high in the Rocky Mountains and it is one that is symbolic of the state of the North American ski industry — a business th

Body work Before Zippy gets buffed there are more fundamental things to tackle, like setting goals, learning to stand upright... By G.D. Maxwell Sweat stung my eyes. Breath came in burning gulps. I was probably hyperventilating.

The best seat in the house You are what you eat... and where you sit, too. By Chris Woodall "Your usual table, sir?" suggests the ever-sharp maitre d'.

Council candidate: Stephanie Sloan World freestyle skiing champion Stephanie Sloan has lived in Whistler 17 years.

Council candidate: Ken Melamed Ken Melamed came to Whistler in 1976 to be a ski bum.

Council candidate: Dave Kirk Dave Kirk started skiing "the big mountain" in 1966. Influenced by his uncle, one of Whistler’s earliest developers, he invested in a sports store here while teaching school in Vancouver.