Local Sports

Alpine Canada Alpin announced this week a 14-member team to represent Canada at the 2003 World Junior Alpine ski Championships at Serre Chevalier, France.

The second slopestyle event of the Sprite Series Park Series was just as popular as the first, attracting more than 100 skiers and boarders.

Women’s downhill cancelled Just one year after Alpine Canada Alpin decided to pull the plug on the remainder of the season for the men’s World Cup speed team because of injuries and poor-performance, the Canadian men’s speed team finis

Just days before her 17 th birthday, Whistler snowboarder Sarah Kopinya took the bronze halfpipe medal at the FIS Junior World Championships in Prato Nevoso, Italy.

ACA President Ken Read is pleased with the national team’s progress, but believes more can be done In a short but intense period of time, the Canadian Alpine Ski Team has evolved from a token presence on the world stage to a legitimate threat in

The snowy conditions last weekend provided skiers in the B.C. Masters Championships with an extra challenge, impairing visibility and making the course choppy in sections.

The fifth stop of the Kokanee Valley Race Series, a super G on Gandy Dancer, was dedicated to the memory of Dennis Cofield, a long-time local racer who passed away in January.

The Whistler Gymnastics Club kicked off a successful Gymnastics Awareness Week with a strong showing at a meet in Vancouver, then capped it off with a colouring and writing contest for the younger gymnasts.

Most of the trail network still open, despite warm weather Three weeks without snow and temperatures in the double digits took their toll on the Lost Lake Park cross-country trail system, but thanks to the efforts of municipal crews more than 80 per

Whistler K2s (ages 13 and 14) and J1s (15 and 16), all but swept the podium at the annual Enquist Slalom races Feb. 15 and 16, showing once again the depth of talent in the Whistler Mountain Ski Club.