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Competitors raised the bar once again at the Nike Series Slopestyle last weekend (March 24), going bigger and better at every opportunity. It was a field of mostly familiar faces, with a few newcomers among the 70 athletes to keep things interesting.

Canadian ski legend Dave Irwin, the original Crazy Canuck, remains in critical condition after hitting his head during a training run at the Export A Extreme Skiercross at Sunshine Village.

BOSINGER AND MCKNIGHT TAKE FIRST IN EXPORT ‘A’ EXTREME SKIERCROSS AT SUNSHINE! Banff, Alberta — Sunshine Village held true to its name today, as Canada’s best skiers competed in the 1st Annual Export ‘A’ Extreme Skiercro

Team signup for the Whistler Orthodox Fastpitch League is underway, and any teams wishing to join for the 2001 season are reminded to have their deposit in no later than April 15.

The third and final Atomic Skier and Snowboard Cross took place in sunshine and soft snow last weekend, which proved to be a huge equalizer over the course of the day.

It wasn’t a Hoosiers ending, but the Whistler senior boys basketball team returned from the provincial ‘A’ division championships in Castlegar with their heads high, moving up two places in the rankings to 13th overall out of 16 teams.

They call the U.S. Open the Wimbledon of Snowboarding, for some reason, an A-list event that routinely draws the best riders in the world.

Whistler’s emerging triathlon community may be getting a little more organized if enough people turn out the Meadow Park Sports Centre on March 27 at 6:15 p.m.

Team Week 17 Total Royal Bank 11 234 Affinity Sports 11 216 Scotia Bank 3 215 Slopeside 16 208 W.

The FIS Snowboard World Cup season wrapped up in Ruka, Finland last weekend with Quebec’s Jasey Jay Anderson taking the Snowboard Cross (SBX) finals and the overall championship title.