Local Sports

So far the Nordic skiing season is a non-starter this year, but late doesn’t mean never. One day there will be snow on the valley bottom, and when that day comes, you might want to spend it on your cross-country skis.

Snowboard cross moved; halfpipe, big air and parallel giant slalom to go ahead as planned While a slow start to winter has resulted in less than ideal snow conditions, the show, or rather the Snow Scene, must go on.

The Whistler Seikido Martial Arts Association came away from a tournament in White Rock last weekend with a total of four medals. Nine year old Israel Traub, after just three months with the club, earned a gold medal in his age division.

Canadians strong in qualifying, come up short in races With the drought of snow stretching clear across Western Canada, the World Cup speed series at Lake Louise once again took place on a narrow strip of man-made snow winding through dirt, rock and

On Dec. 4, Italian World Cup star Isolde Kostner crashed during a training run on the Olympic Downhill Course at Lake Louise.

Whistler skier earns silver in first World Cup ski cross Although the departure of Olympic mogul skiers Jean-Luc Brassard and Ryan Johnson was a blow for the Canadian freestyle team, the depth of the program was evident last weekend at the first Worl

The Sea to Sky Youth Basketball League is holding its first practices this week, and judging by the numbers, there’s room for more coaches for the younger kids, and more players at the high school level.

The first of four shows chronicling the 2002 Telus World Ski and Snowboard Festival will air nationally on Global TV (Channel 11 on Whistler Cable) this Saturday at 1 p.m.

Janyk makes cut in super-G and slalom Whistler’s Britt Janyk and Melanie Turgeon of Beauport, Quebec, led the successful Canadian charge in the World Cup super-G and slalom events at Aspen, Colorado last weekend.

Despite an injury and some unusually difficult racing conditions, Whistler Secondary teacher and Pemberton resident Kevin Titus reclaimed his national cross country running title at the Canadian Cross Country Championships in Moncton last weekend aft