Local Sports

Imagine a ski area that gets sunshine for 320 days out of the year. In Whistler it’s more like 320 days of fog, snow and rain! But, in St Moritz, Switzerland this is exactly what the weather is like.

The Pemberton Spirit women’s dragon boat racing team has found itself short a couple of paddlers this season, and is looking for a few adventurous replacements.

The Disabled Skiers CN Challenge Cup Race turns 20 this year with a slalom race on Whistler Mountain for recreational skiers on Sunday, March 2. The event raises funds for the Disabled Skiers Association of B.C.

A blanket of new snow on the course slowed down the start and made for an interesting first couple of corners in the first Atomic Ski and Snowboard Cross of the season on Feb. 20.

Impact Video Distributing held its second annual Xtremely Awards on Feb. 17 in Indianapolis, Indiana to honour the best extreme motorsport videos of the previous year. Whistler sledder B.J.

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