Local Sports

A group of enthusiastic skiers and snowboarders celebrated Valentine’s Day with their first loves, grinding the rails and boxes in the mini terrain park under the Magic Chair.

The warm weather has been heating things up here in Europe.

The Whistler Gymnastics Club had a breakthrough weekend at the Delta Gymnastics Invitational last Saturday and Sunday, with athletes tumbling their way into the medals against the top teams from the Lower Mainland.

Team continues to collect medals as Heil, Omischl lead overall standings The Canadian Freestyle Ski Team is sitting pretty after recent moguls events in Inawashiro, Japan and aerials events at Harbin, China, with two skiers holding onto their yellow

Mogul skiers breaking new ground with aerial manoeuvres The Blackcomb Freestyle Ski Club landed on top of the heap last weekend as the B.C. Freestyle Ski Association’s provincial series wrapped up with foggy contests at Revelstoke.

Whistler Kids Freeride Clubs tackles the double black diamonds Next weekend the youth members of the Whistler Kids Freeride Club will be facing off in a big mountain freeride contest tackling the face of Doom and Gloom, showing what they've learned i

Warm reception planned for local athletes Whistler is sending one of its largest contingents ever to the B.C. Games in Port Alberni next week, with 14 athletes, three coaches, two officials and one chaperone taking part. The B.C.

Whistler ski club alumnus wins silver at FIS Junior World Championships Several young Canadian skiers made their mark at the FIS Junior World Championships at Maribor, Slovenia last week, landing on podiums in almost every event.

In what would have otherwise been a disappointing weekend for the Canadian Alpine Ski Team, Canmore’s Thomas Grandi once again saved the day with yet another top-10 finish in a slalom in St. Anton, Austria on Sunday.

Deadline today for entries After a delay due to a change of venue, the 27 th annual Whistler Nordics Loppet cross-country ski race will take place this Sunday, Feb. 22.