Local Sports

The landings were hard at the Vans Triple Crown season opener at Breckenridge, Colorado, last weekend, but not hard enough for Whistler rider Etienne Gilbert.

Last season Cross Country Connection owners Chris Waller and Ian Goldstone held the first ever Lost Lake Shuffle, a four-hour endurance and relay race, to generate some excitement for Nordic skiing in Whistler.

Randonnee Rally part of Big Mountain Experience weekend The backcountry is a tranquil place, and ski touring is typically viewed as a relaxing pastime.

While the snow was falling in Whistler over the holidays, here in Europe the temperatures have been mild and it’s been raining. Where is the snow, and when is it coming? Unfortunately, in the sport of Alpine skiing we rely on the snow.

The Whistler Secondary Storm gymnastics team turned empty bottles into uniforms last Sunday with a successful bottle drive.

Grandi in the top-10; Canadians crack the top-20 The Canadian Alpine Ski Team started the New Year with a new resolve last weekend, making strong finishes in Italy and Slovenia.

The Whistler Parks and Recreation basketball league gets underway next week, Jan. 21, with games every Tuesday night for nine weeks. Several teams have already registered, but more teams are welcome to join. The cost to enter a team is $300.

Nordic skiing has long been regarded as one of the most physically demanding sports in the world – one look at the agony, and excess saliva, on the faces of skiers in the Salt Lake City Olympics confirms this.

Anderson, Lamoureux on top for Canada; Whistler women in top 10 Canadian snowboarders finished strong at home with three World Cup medals at Stoneham, Quebec, on Dec. 20 and 21.

U.S. Team nets back-to-back gold medals Thomas Grandi of Canmore, Alberta, was the only Canadian to crack the top-30 in the men’s World Cup competitions in Italy last week, finishing 22 nd in the giant slalom at Alta Badia.