Local Sports

Interest has been high for the inaugural Lost Lake Shuffle Nordic Relay this Saturday, an enduro event in which individuals and teams see how many laps they can make of a 3.5 km Lost Lake course on skinny skis in a four-hour period.

Some 70 skiers and boarders turned out to the first Kokanee Valley Race Series super G of the season on Jan. 10, the third event on the series’ 10-stop calendar.

Making their debut in the giant slalom at Grouse Mountain last weekend, the K1 racers (age 11 and 12) from the Whistler Mountain Ski Club excelled against tough competition from the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island and Washington State, earning sever

Whistler’s Britt Janyk, who at 21 is only in her first full season with the Canadian Alpine Ski Team, came with 0.03 seconds of the podium in a Europa Cup giant slalom at Arosa, Switzerland.

Rousseau injured; Canadian freestylers net five medals The Canadian freestyle team rounded up five medals last weekend at a moguls competition at St-Lary, France, and an aerials competition at Mont Tremblant. The mogul team got some bad news on Jan.

Locals capture four of six medals There wasn’t a lot of new snow to cushion the landings, but that didn’t stop athletes participating in the 2001 Canadian Freeskiing Championships from dropping cliffs and chutes, and hitting other terrain f

The winter session of the Whistler Women’s Volleyball League is about to get underway, and teams are looking for bumpers, setters and spikers at the intermediate and advanced level to come out and play.

The Sprite Park Rider Series kicked off last Saturday (Jan. 5) with a halfpipe contest on Blackcomb Mountain. For the first time, the series was open to skiers as well as snowboarders. A total of 76 athletes took part in the event.

It was another excellent turnout for the Kokanee Valley Race Series on Jan. 3, where the second GS of the season was held on Ross’s Gold. More than 60 skiers and boarders, from their teens to their early 70s, took part in the two-run race.

Sports federations to submit athlete lists to COA by end of week This is the last weekend that Canadian athletes have to qualify for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. The qualification period officially ends on Jan.