Local Sports

Canadian skiers find new confidence as World Championships near With several skiers firmly in the top-30 and dipping in and out of the top-10, it was only a matter of time before the Canadian Alpine Ski Team earned a World Cup podium.

On Sunday, Jan. 19, the Windermere Whistler Extreme Volleyball team travelled to Port Moody for a B.C. Volleyball Association Tier I/II tournament, facing some of the top women’s teams from around the Lower Mainland.

Canadians big on heart, short on medals Despite strong performances at the FIS World Snowboarding Championships at Kreischberg, Austria last week, the only Canadian to return home with a piece of hardware was North Vancouver and Whistler rider Drew N

The first Sprite Park Rider event of the season went off on Saturday under sunny skies and almost spring-like warmth.

Volunteers seek support for community rink WHAT: Pemberton ice rink fundraiser WHERE: Pemberton Trail Steakhouse WHEN: Tuesday, Jan. 28, 6:30 p.m.

Several generations of ski racers have come and gone since Bob Parsons passed away in 1979, but the original Weasel Worker’s influence on ski racing and young people’s development is still being felt. On Feb.

Julien Cousineau of Lachute, Quebec, celebrated his birthday weekend with a 10 th place finish in the slalom at Wengen, Switzerland on Sunday, Jan. 19. Cousineau turned 22 on Jan.

After competing and doing well in local skier cross competitions last season, Whistler’s Ashleigh McIvor decided to crank things up a little this year.

Top cross-country skiers cover more than 90 km in four hours It was more of a grind than a shuffle for the almost 80 skiers that turned out on Saturday for an endurance race and rally around the Lost Lake cross-country ski trail, sponsored by the Whi

The retirement of snowboard legend Darren Chalmers lasted less than five weeks. On Jan. 16, the 32-year-old took part in the third event of the Kokanee Valley Race Series, a giant slalom on the Raven and Old Crow runs on Whistler Mountain.