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Dave Fortin goes from ambulance to the top of the podium

After winning their fifth consecutive Nations Cup title as well as two Olympic medals, the Canadian Freestyle Ski Association is already looking forward to next season when athletes will take part in the world championships.

After more than five years coaching with the Canadian Alpine Ski Team, Rob Boyd is coming home.

There was a long line on Saturday morning when the Whistler Off-Road Cycling Association opened its annual bike swap to the public, kicking off the busiest swap yet for the mountain bike organization.

$50,000 in cash and prizes awarded at superpipe comp

To enhance the transition from skiing and snowboarding to mountain biking, Whistler Blackcomb ran the annual Crud to Mud race, which somehow got lost in the shuffle during a poor snow year when there was not enough crud to work with.

For the fourth year the Whistler Rotary and Whistler Adaptive Sports Program joined forces to host a grass roots adaptive ski race, providing up and coming para-alpine skiers with a chance to sample a competition while skiing alongside members of the

The fifth and final event of the Park Rider Sessions presented by Telus took place last Sunday, with skiers and snowboarders taking on a slopestyle course on Whistler Mountain.

K2 team takes soggy slopestyle competition

The Grenade Games got underway on Wednesday with the "Search and Recovery Mission" scavenger hunt and mini contest, before progressing to the dual slalom and moguls competition on Thursday on Davies Dervish.