Local Sports

Olympic-size pipe featured in World Skiing Invitational, Grenade Games

The local cross-country season is going out with a bang and most likely a whimper as the Callaghan Winter Sports Club hosts the second annual Woppet at Whistler Olympic Park on Saturday, April 3.

The Whistler Nordics sent a team to the Mt. Washington Loppet last weekend, racing 5 km, 15 km and 30 km courses.

The Pemberton Skateboard Society will have something on the ground by the end of the summer, but exactly what will depend on the level of financial support they can leverage over the next few months.

The Canada Ski Cross Team hosted its national championships at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary last weekend, with Squamish's Aleisha Cline finishing first on both days of competition. Whistler's Marielle Thompson, a member of the B.C.

Two members of the Whistler Mountain Ski Club will represent Canada at the upcoming Whistler Cup international juvenile ski races after strong results at the President's Choice Canadian K2 Championships in Ontario last week.

Less than two weeks after Vancouver's Lauren Woolstencroft made history by sweeping all five alpine events at the Paralympic Games she was back in action at Mt. Washington at the Telus Canadian Para-Alpine Ski Championships.

The Showcase Showdown has been through the paces in its long and distinguished history, sticking with a format long enough for riders to master it before moving onto the next thing.

The Redlands Bicycle Classic in California is one of the premier early season road races in the U.S., attracting some of the top teams from across North America, as well as international riders from Australia, South America and Europe.

The GMC Canadian Championships at Nakiska wrapped up on Sunday with Whistler's Mike Janyk defending his national slalom title against a field of increasingly competitive racers.