Local Sports

The winter is in full swing, yet the competitive snowboard season is off to a sluggish start. Perhaps the lack of snow in Europe last year scared resorts into holding events until later in the season.

More than 54 skiers and snowboarders, and at least twice as many spectators, turned out on Saturday, Dec. 29, for the first King of the Rail rail jam of the season.

After a week of resting and recovering (e.g. skiing) in Whistler for the holidays I am now back on the road for the next month and a half. My break was quick, as it always is, but better than nothing! After the races in St.

While most skiers and riders were enjoying fresh powder on the Dec.

Three different Canadian skiers have won four medals in downhill for the Canadian Alpine Ski Team this December, with Ontario’s Kelly VanderBeek earning a silver on Friday in St. Anton, Austria.

From high fives to the World Cup podium

Registration for the 2008 Test of Metal gets underway at 6 p.m. on New Year’s Day, Tuesday, Jan. 1, with all 800 spots expected to be sold out within an hour.

Silver medal, seven top-10s for national ski team

The Whistler Secondary Storm senior boy’s basketball team headed to Chilliwack this past weekend to compete in their first tournament, at G.W. Graham. The team lost their first game to the host school, then were matched up against St.

Ricker, Maltais lead snowboardcross field