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11 – The number of medals won by the Norwegian team at the Sierra Wireless Whistler Cup last weekend to win the Nations Cup. Austria was second with seven medals and the U.S. third with six.

One of Whistler’s longest running snow cross events, the Garfinkel’s Double-Cross, took place last Wednesday, March 31 under sunny skies. A solid field of skiers and boarders battled it out for more than $1,750 in cash prizes.

B.C.

Crispin Lipscomb, Mercedes Nicoll on top in Quebec The top snowboarders from across Canada, including several Whistler riders, converged in Charlevoix, Quebec last week to battle it out in the 2004 Honda Element Canadian Snowboard Championships.

Whistler’s firefighters are hosting the second annual Whistler Fire Rescue Cup this weekend, a hockey tournament and fundraiser for the B.C. Burn Fund.

Whistler’s Tyler Mosher is off to a promising start in his very first season training for the Canadian National Disabled Cross Country Ski Team.

$200 – The amount Whistler’s Mercedes Nicoll was paid for winning the women’s national halfpipe championships. Last year’s first prize was worth $1,500.

B.C. 13-14-year-olds among best in country; ready to take on world in Whistler Cup Team B.C.

Whistler Cup juvenile ski races this weekend A strong two-medal performance at the K2 nationals put Whistler’s Daniel Penn on Team Canada for the Sierra Wireless Whistler Cup juvenile ski races this weekend.

Nineteen members of the Whistler Taekwondo School, ages 7 to 13, attended the annual Vancouver Island TKD Invitational at the Saanich Commonwealth Place in Victoria on Saturday, March 27.