Local Sports

The Sprite Park Rider Series continues this Sunday, Feb. 9, with a slopestyle contest on Blackcomb Mountain. Helmets are mandatory for all events and mouthguards are strongly recommended.

The Whistler Mountain Ski Club played host to ski clubs from the Lower Mainland last weekend for the 23 rd annual Bob Parsons Memorial.

Entry deadline Friday Now in its 26 th season, the Fairmont Chateau Whistler Cup loppet cross-country ski race will take place this Sunday, Feb. 9, around the Lost Lake Trail system. The race is free-technique, and is open to classic or skate skiers.

After months of training, the competitive teams from Whistler Gymnastics Club will test their skills at a zone meet in Vancouver this Sunday, kicking off their participation in the Canada-wide Gymnastics Awareness Week.

Rochon the only male to qualify The Canadian air force got off to a strong start at the 2003 FIS Freestyle World Championships at Deer Valley Resort in Utah on Wednesday, with all four of the Canadian women in the running placing in the top-12 of the

Rochon, St. Pierre, Bradley win medals in moguls; Bauer golden in aerials It was a good weekend for the Canadian Freestyle Ski Team as the athletes brought home four out of 12 medals from the World Cup in Fernie last weekend.

The Whistler Freeride Team’s own Aleisha Cline, the reigning ESPN X-Games champion, is continuing to dominate the pro skier cross circuit this season, recently winning the Subaru U.S. Freeskiing Nationals at Snowbird, Utah.

Hermannator astounds with World Cup victory Warm weather persisted in Europe for the latest round of World Cup races, resulting in wet snow and racing conditions that got choppier and slower from skier to skier.

The Adult Weekend Race Series had a solid turnout on Sunday, Jan. 26 for the giant slalom on Upper Dave Murray.

Whistler freeskier takes second IFSA World Tour contest The second stop on the International Free Skiers Association world tour took place on the north face of Mt.