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It took four years for Paddy Kaye and Chris Winter to finally get their Joyride Bikercross off the ground, and for the past three seasons it has been one of the highlights of the mountain bike season.

Former NHLers to battle Hollywood North Stars in fundraiser for Olympic athletes The rosters are filling up, and if you’ve been listening to Larry and Willy on the Jack FM morning show, the trash talking has already begun.

The Whistler Gymnastics Club kicked off its competitive season last weekend at a Zone 5 Beam and Vault meet in Vancouver.

The second of three events on the International Free Skiers Association world tour wrapped up last Friday at Snowbird, Utah with more than 60 cm of fresh powder and a bluebird day.

Bourque claims bronze medal in downhill Canadian skiers, age 19 and younger, are holding their own against the rest of the world in the FIS Junior World Alpine Championships at Maribor Slovenia this week, earning one medal on the first day of racing.

Last year’s Whistler Summer Gravity Festival will be tough to top, with thousands of spectators turning out to watch the Joyride Biker Cross and Slopestyle events, as well as the Canadian Mountain Bike National Championships.

After landing top results in alpine events, Mont Tremblant’s Jasey Jay Anderson put himself back on top of the snowboardcross podium after a long absence with an aggressive performance at Berchtesgaden, Germany – and a little bit of good fo

For the second year in a row the Whistler Off Road Cycling Association is being forced to raise its membership dues, as insurance rates continue to climb.

Combined time of coaches, racers over a minute faster than competition Although they were off duty, a group of coaches from the Whistler Mountain Ski Club last weekend gave the competition at the 2004 Appleton Rum Peak to Valley Race a lesson they wo

The top junior club and provincial team skiers in Western Canada faced off in the Pontiac GMC Cup races at Apex Resort last week, looking for prize money, FIS points and points towards the Pontiac GMC Cup national titles.