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Team combines for 10 podium appearances over two weeks The last two weeks have been exceptional even by the Canadian Freestyle Ski Team's standards, with 10 podium appearances and almost twice as many athletes making the top-12.

The CIBC Wood Gundy series got underway at Grouse Mountain last weekend with men's and women's giant slalom races on Saturday and Sunday.

Funding cuts hit national team skiers in the pocketbook The Canadian Freestyle Ski team seems unstoppable recently, with athletes winning 10 World Cup medals over the past two weekends.

Lennea in 14th The World Cup season is underway for the Canadian Disabled Alpine Ski Team, and they are already showing results.

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.