Local Sports

For the second straight week, the Pettit brothers, Sean and Callum, age 10 and 13, dominated the voting in the Whistler-Blackcomb’s King of the Rails competition last Saturday.

On the night of March 6th one of my dreams became a reality. I won a run in a World cup race, the first run of the giant slalom, in Are, Sweden.

The Whistler Secondary Storm Girls Gymnastics Team turned heads last weekend at the B.C. Secondary School Championships, March 6 to 8, at Seycove Secondary in Deep Cove, Vancouver.

A cancellation and a snow storm kept the numbers down for the first zone meet ever hosted by Whistler Gymnastics, but for the local girls it was a treat to compete at home for a change, with friends and family looking on.

Rochon finishes career with a gold performance All’s well that ends well for the Canadian Freestyle Ski Team.

Johnny lays down the Law, finishes third Another year, another International Freeskiers Association (IFSA) World Tour title for a Whistler skier.

Home grown talent will be hard to beat in nationals Returning to Whistler for the second year in a row, the Pontiac GMC Canadian Championships showcases the best racers in Canada, present and future over 10 days of competition starting next week.

Oakley-Allen, Abma tie for top spot in pro contest In fairness to the other skiers in the Atomic Pro-Am Halfpipe there was more Pro than Am in the field on Blackcomb last Sunday.

The second of three events in the Atomic Ski and Snowboard Cross took place on March 6 with another strong turnout of local and regional talent.

Whistler’s Lipscomb posts career best finish; Anderson wins bronze Vancouver’s Natasza Zurek re-established her position as one of the top snowboarders in the world last weekend with back-to-back silver medals in a World Cup halfpipe contes