Local Sports

My season in Europe has come to a close. As I sit here in the airport lounge in Frankfurt on my way back to Canada, I feel both excited to be getting home and at the same time sad that the season in Europe has come to an end.

Whistler Mountain Ski Club on podium in every event The 25 th Annual Bob Parsons Memorial races gave a new generation of skiers their first taste of speed competitions last weekend with a pair of downhill events and a super G on the Lower Cruiser run

Alpine skiers win zone title It was an exhausting three days for the 14 Whistler athletes who took part in the B.C. Winter Games at Port Alberni last weekend, but a worthwhile experience nonetheless.

The Canadian Snowboard Team wrapped up the Japanese leg of the World Cup tour with four medals at Niigata Joetsu-Kokusai last weekend.

Almost 50 racers turned out to the second of three Adult Weekend Race Series events on Sunday, Feb. 29. This race was a slalom on the Upper Dave Murray, with blue skies and almost perfect hard-packed snow.

The last competitive event on the cross-country calendar for the area this winter is the 22 nd annual Spud Valley Loppet, which takes place this Sunday, March 7. After that everybody’s racing the spring melt.

Three Whistler girls in top-15 Whistler’s Crispin Lipscomb was the only Canadian to qualify for the finals in a World Cup halfpipe contest at Sapporo-Makomanai, Japan last weekend, finishing eighth overall.

Although the organizers were nervous after a change of dates and venues, the turnout to the 27 th annual Whistler Nordics Loppet was close to a new record with 170 participants taking part.

Aleisha Cline first in skier cross In the past five World Cup contests, the Canadian Freestyle Ski Team has claimed 21 medals, putting athletes on the podium at every location.

The technical specs of last Thursday’s Kokanee Valley Race Series slalom says it all – Temperature: One degree Celsius; Weather: Perfect. More than 50 racers turned out to enjoy the spring skiing conditions on Feb.