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More than 60 skiers took part in the fourth event of the Kokanee Valley Race Series on Jan. 29, a giant slalom on the Raven / Old Crow run on Whistler Mountain.

The third Whistler-Blackcomb King of the Rails competition took place last Saturday with more than 60 snowboarders and skiers grinding the rails and boxes in the Night Moves jib park.

The Whistler Gymnastics Club is taking part in National Gymnastics Awareness week, Feb 7-14, joining hundreds of clubs across Canada that are celebrating the sport with shows and demonstrations. The Whistler club will be having ribbon days from Feb.

History has been made. Two weeks ago this Sunday, Thomas Grandi finished second in the Kitzbuhel World Cup slalom race. Kitzbuhel is one of the biggest slalom races of the year; the crowds are huge and the course is notoriously tough.

Disabled skiers on top in World Cup races The Canadian Disabled Alpine Ski Team (CDAST) athletes won their share of the medals during the recent World Cup races in Abtenau and Wildschonau, Austria.

Cline grabs silver in skier cross The eight annual ESPN X Games are arguably the biggest on-snow event outside of the Olympic Winter Games, and for many winter sports enthusiasts they’re much, much bigger.

Ontario boarder wins big air Canada’s freestyle snowboarders made a strong showing after some time off at Kreischberg, Austria last weekend, competing in two halfpipe events and a big air.

K1’s win gold in every event The Whistler Mountain Ski Club K1 squad (age 11 and 12) started off their competitive season with a strong all-around performance at Cypress Bowl last weekend.

Forsyth in sixth, Janyk in top-30 January 25 was a day of milestones, for Thomas Grandi of Canmore, Alberta and for the Canadian Alpine Ski Team.

The Whistler Whoosh women’s volleyball team came home with a first place finish at the annual Frosbite Rally tournament at the Harry Jerome Sports Centre in Burnaby on Jan. 17.