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Whistler’s Christina Risler, a member of the National Development Team, earned a silver medal in the Canadian sweep of the Nor-Am downhill in Aspen, Colorado on Feb. 4. Kelly VanderBeek of Kitchener Ontario was first, Risler was 0.

The Whistler Mountain Ski Club continued to dominate in their competitive zone last weekend, winning 12 out of the 12 medals handed out at the annual Bob Parsons Memorial Super G.

Listening to the grunts of the racers as they steered their way around the last dozen gates, you get a good idea just how physically and mentally demanding the annual Appleton Rum Peak to Valley Race really is.

Now it’s time to race

After a slow start this season, Whistler’s Britt Janyk is emerging as one of the top young alpine racers in Canada and on the World Cup circuit.

They can mend broken skiers and boarders, set off avalanches, and ski the steepest terrain – but how are they on the balance beam? On Friday, Feb.

Hugo, Ashton second at Snowbird, lead standings Guerlain Chicherit of France and Jamie Bruge of North Star, California. both managed to defend their respective titles as the U.S. Freesking National Champions on Feb. 3 at Snowbird, Utah.

Ski legends come forward for WMSC fund-raiser The Whistler Mountain Ski Club is offering people the opportunity to help the ski club fees down by skiing with some of the biggest legends in Canadian ski racing.

Three Whistler athletes to represent zone Eighty-nine athletes across the province have been chosen to represent their zones in alpine skiing at the B.C. Winter Games, which will run from Feb. 21 to 24 in Williams Lake.

It seems a truce has been called between the nation’s elite knuckle draggers and two-plankers, at least at an organizational level. On Jan.