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Three Whistler girls in top-15 Whistler’s Crispin Lipscomb was the only Canadian to qualify for the finals in a World Cup halfpipe contest at Sapporo-Makomanai, Japan last weekend, finishing eighth overall.

Although the organizers were nervous after a change of dates and venues, the turnout to the 27 th annual Whistler Nordics Loppet was close to a new record with 170 participants taking part.

Aleisha Cline first in skier cross In the past five World Cup contests, the Canadian Freestyle Ski Team has claimed 21 medals, putting athletes on the podium at every location.

The technical specs of last Thursday’s Kokanee Valley Race Series slalom says it all – Temperature: One degree Celsius; Weather: Perfect. More than 50 racers turned out to enjoy the spring skiing conditions on Feb.

A group of enthusiastic skiers and snowboarders celebrated Valentine’s Day with their first loves, grinding the rails and boxes in the mini terrain park under the Magic Chair.

The warm weather has been heating things up here in Europe.

The Whistler Gymnastics Club had a breakthrough weekend at the Delta Gymnastics Invitational last Saturday and Sunday, with athletes tumbling their way into the medals against the top teams from the Lower Mainland.

Team continues to collect medals as Heil, Omischl lead overall standings The Canadian Freestyle Ski Team is sitting pretty after recent moguls events in Inawashiro, Japan and aerials events at Harbin, China, with two skiers holding onto their yellow

Mogul skiers breaking new ground with aerial manoeuvres The Blackcomb Freestyle Ski Club landed on top of the heap last weekend as the B.C. Freestyle Ski Association’s provincial series wrapped up with foggy contests at Revelstoke.

Whistler Kids Freeride Clubs tackles the double black diamonds Next weekend the youth members of the Whistler Kids Freeride Club will be facing off in a big mountain freeride contest tackling the face of Doom and Gloom, showing what they've learned i