Local Sports

The last of three Adult Weekend Race Series events took place on a sunny, hard-packed Gandy Dancer course on Sunday with almost 60 competitors in the giant slalom event.

The B.C. Snowboard Association is hosting a provincial team selection camp on Blackcomb Mountain April 10-11, with spots open in the halfpipe and snowboard cross. All interested riders are asked to write Cathy Astofooroff at cathya@sunshinecable.

Whistler’s triathletes came out of hibernation last weekend with their first race of the year, the UBC Triathlon-Duathlon on Saturday, March 6.

The Whistler Gymnastics Club once again lived up to its slogan, the Biggest Little Gym Club, in Surrey last weekend, with athletes holding their own against athletes from the Lower Mainland with full-time facilities and more training time.

The Blackcomb Freestyle Sky Club held its own in the first Canadian Series competition of the season last weekend at Cypress Bowl, facing athletes from provincial teams across Canada as well as members of the Canadian development team.

A pair of local athletes supported by the Telus Whistler Sport Centre are getting a little road money this year from the 2010 LegaciesNow Athlete Travel Program.

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.