Local Sports

Mountain biker follows in his brother’s tracks

Sandkuhl, Palm win categories, qualify for world championships

Pemberton, Whistler clubs join Squamish league

Members of Whistler Taekowndo took part in a four-day summer camp in Courtenay, B.C.

EVENTS

The Phat Wednesday Freeride Series wrapped up on Wednesday, Aug. 25, with a chainless downhill down A-Line

Whistler’s Samantha Ellis qualified for the finals in every single event she entered at the provincial swimming championships in Burnaby last week

Cypress Mountain is the latest winter resort to offer lift-assisted mountain biking in the summer, with plans to open the north side of Black Mountain to riders by July of 2005.

Whistler didn’t send a team to the Canadian Ultimate Championships in Vancouver this year, but that didn’t stop some of the top players joining other teams in the city to battle for national titles.

Slope Side Supply and Samurai Sushi put riders to the test, literally, in the weekly Loonie Race on Thursday, Aug. 19.