Local Sports

The top skiers and snowboarders in Sunday’s Sprite Park Rider Series halfpipe laid down the gauntlet early with big moves in nearly perfect spring conditions.

The King of the Rails is dead, long live the King. The last of seven King of the Rails contests took place Saturday, March 20 at the base of Blackcomb with another huge turnout of boarders and skiers.

Forsyth fifth to lead Canadians at World Cup finals Almost four months of ski racing wrapped up last weekend at Sestrieres, Italy with the World Cup Finals.

Canadian skiers net Nor Am Cup titles While the World Cup season came to a close in Italy, the Nor Am Cup contest was also wrapping up with a men’s competition at Mont Tremblant, Quebec and a women’s competition at Georgian Peaks, Ontario.

The B.C. Snowboard Association held its annual B.C. Snowboard Championships at Big White last weekend, the final event in the Ripzone Provincial Snowboard Series.

Local club brings home seven medals

The Whistler Mountain Ski Club K1 team (ages 11 and 12) came away from the CIBC Wood Gundy B.C. Juvenile Series championships at Rossland last weekend with a lot to be proud of.

Drew Neilson, Neil Connolly on top of World Cup standings When all was said and done the point gap that separated Mont Tremblant’s Jasey-Jay Anderson from the rest of the World Cup field was a little too wide for any of his challengers to bridge

The final weekend of World Cup freestyle competition at Sauze-D’Oulx, Italy saw Jennifer Heil crowned as the overall moguls champion, Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau on his second podium in as many weeks, and the overall team award for Canada.

Ripzone Snowboard Invitational and World Skiing Invitational athlete invite lists released.