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Whistler juniors on podium in dual slalom, Garbanzo DH

Signature event caps busy second week of Crankworx

I never had a younger brother growing up. I never had anyone to blame for taking the last cookie out of the cookie jar, or anyone to take the rap when mom's fine China accidentally ended up all over the hardwood floor.

Tonight's (Aug. 6) Toonie ride is a tough course in Alpine Meadows that follows Rick's Roost, Cat Scratch Fever, Mandatory Suicide, Mel's Dilemma and winds up in the Whistler Cemetery parking lot.

There were several Whistler racers competing at the national mountain bike cross country championships in St. Felicien, Quebec last month who were not mentioned in last week's story.

The Olympic season began in earnest for members of Canada's alpine ski teams last week, with the men's team training on the snow at Coronet Peak, near Queenstown, New Zealand.

Golf and mountain biking taking place in Whistler

Whistler's Tyler Mosher blazed a snow-trail of glory this past week, winning the first ever World Snowboard Federation Adaptive Snowboard World Championship in New Zealand.

Victoria rider wins muddy Bromont race, Pendrel third

Canada's half-pipe snowboarding team has some big local talent this year with almost half the team calling Whistler home.