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Cross country events come to Whistler and Pemberton The Coast Cup Series was created by the Strathcona Nordics at Mount Washington three years ago to give Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island cross-country skiers a chance to race in events that were c

Brydon leads Canadian women in Italy Genvieve Simard of Val-Morin, Quebec kicked off a strong weekend for the Canadian team with her gold medal super G performance last Wednesday.

Mont Tremblant's Jasey Jay Anderson seems to have regained some of the consistency that netted him three back-to-back overall World Cup titles from 2001 to 2003. In the World Cup race at Alpe d'Huez, France on Sunday, Jan.

More than 100 athletes from clubs around the province took part in the B.C. Freestyle Championship Series on Blackcomb Mountain last weekend, including members of the Blackcomb Freestyle Ski Club.

Shona Burton joins B.C. Disabled Ski Team The search for Canada’s future Paralympic stars focused on Whistler last week, with a 2010 Recruitment Camp on Blackcomb over the weekend.

Skiers visits in Colorado may be down by more than nine per cent so far this year compared to last year but optimism for the remainder of the season is still high.

By Tanya Reck-Petersen and Deb Hillary A group of local freeskiers made a successful trip to Breckenridge, Colorado to compete in the X-Games Qualifier Jan. 9-12.

World Cup team rebounds in European series After a couple of disappointing weeks, the Canadian Alpine Ski Team was back on course last weekend at World Cup events in Switzerland and France.

The first event of the Sprite Park Rider Series, held Jan. 11 in the Blackcomb superpipe, attracted close to 100 different competitors, with lots of skiers and boarders in every age group.

Enthusiasm growing as fast as participation rate You could be forgiven for thinking a pack of skiers were going the wrong way when roughly 60 racers took off from outside the Roundhouse Saturday and started going up Whistler Mountain instead of down.