Local Sports

The Telus Whistler Sports Centre was created to help athletes reach their potential, in sports and in life.

Whistler-Blackcomb’s Super J4 program and the Whistler Mountain Ski Club (WMSC) have adopted the Husky Snow Stars curriculum that was announced last month.

The Pemberton-Whistler Shito Ryo Karate Club held its Winter Junior Tournament on Dec. 11 at the Pemberton Dojo, the Signal Hill School gymnasium. Almost 30 Karateka Kids, aged 5 to 12, participated, with friends and family coming out to watch.

Whistler’s Michael Janyk, a member of the national development ski team, injured his knee during a FIS giant slalom race in Italy on Dec. 13. Janyk started 31 st and had moved up to 10 th after his first run when the injury took place.

Stephane Rochon of St-Sauveur, Quebec, was fourth in the World Cup moguls at Madonna Di Campiglio, Italy Saturday, Dec. 14. Rochon is no stranger to the finals but it was the first time he had cracked the top-12 in three events this season.

The Canadian contingent, which includes members of the national development team as well as top provincial and club-level athletes, came away from the Nor Ams at Lake Louise last week with a handful of medals and almost too many top-30 results to cou

Simard, Brydon, Turgeon in top-15 of super G All’s well that ends well they say, and if that’s the case, then the Canadian Alpine Ski Team should be walking tall after the Winterstart World Cup events at Lake Louise wrapped up last weekend.

Eberharter continues to dominate Austria’s Stephan Eberharter has established himself as the man to beat this year on the World Cup circuit, winning his fourth World Cup out of five events at Beaver Creek, Colorado last Saturday (Dec. 7).

Lack of snow prompts FIS to cancel two World Cup events and change parallel giant slalom to parallel slalom Considering how dry and warm it has been in Whistler this fall, the organizers of the Nokia Snowboard FIS World Cup are thinking two out of fo

Racing on the World Cup circuit is about going for the win on the racecourse, but for me it’s also about meeting, learning and respecting my competitors off of the racecourse.