Local Sports

The second instalment of the 10-race Kokanee Valley Race Series was a fast giant slalom on Ross’ Gold on Thursday, Jan. 9. The more than 70 racers who participated made the most of the conditions to post some excellent times.

Rousseau, Bean win at Mont-Tremblant World Cup Although he missed the Olympics last winter after suffering a serious, and potentially career-ending, neck injury, Canadian mogul skier Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau has bounced back on the World Cup circuit

French skiers dominate men’s competition Some unexpected rain, warm weather and a long gap between snowfalls left the high alpine tracked out and hard for the Canadian Freesking Championships last week, but that didn’t stop some of the best

After a lot of hard work in preparing for the races, the Whistler Mountain Ski Club K2 racers turned in strong results at their season opener at Mt. Washington last weekend, the first of a series of races sponsored by CIBC and Wood Gundy.

This weekend, Cross Country B.C. will host an all-day tournament event for children aged 5 to 13 at the Coast Mountain Outdoor School. The Coast Ski League Tournament is sponsored by 2010 LegaciesNow and organized by Cross Country B.C.

On Jan. 14, Whistler Freeride Team member Candice Drouin and Wendy Lumby of Alberta teamed up up to the win the sixth annual Paul Mitchell Ultra-Cross at Northstar-at-Tahoe. Ultra-cross puts both skiers and snowboarders on a single snowcross course.

Whistler’s great outdoors just got a lot more accessible last weekend with a coaching clinic held in support of the Whistler Adaptive Ski Program’s new cross country ski program.

The second annual Sprite Park Rider Series kicks off this Saturday, Jan. 18 with a halfpipe contest on Blackcomb Mountain.

The first of what organizers hope will be an annual Randonnee Rally on Whistler Mountain attracted a group of 40 backcountry skiers, eager for the opportunity to show off just how fast they could skin up and ski down our local peaks.

A group of Whistler skiers and Whistler Mountain Ski Club alumni cracked the top-10 in the Pontiac GMC Cup race series last week in Nakiska, Alberta. In the men’s GS on Jan.