Local Sports

Whistler Mountain Bike Festival is a lot of everything There’s an unwritten rule that can be universally applied to almost anything in Whistler, and can be summed up in just two words – go big.

Kassel wins first Fall Classic With the driest course conditions in many years, the racers looked unusually clean coming through the finish line at the 20 th anniversary of the Cheakamus Challenge Fall Classic Mountain Bike Race Saturday, Sept. 21.

For the first time, Basketball B.C. and NBA star Steve Nash are sponsoring a Sea to Sky Youth Community Basketball League in the corridor, running from Nov. 2 to April 3.

Podium 2010 is intended to make Canada a world power in skiing To understand that things are changing at Alpine Canada Alpin you only have to read to the second paragraph of Chairman Renaud Beauchesne’s report on the 2002 season.

Saturday night is Hockey Night in Whistler this week, with the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds taking on the University of Calgary Dinos at Meadow Park arena.

Neilson, Ricker knock off top seeds in Chilean World Cup It’s a long way from Whistler to Valle Nevado, Chile, but well worth the trip for Canadian snowboarder Drew Neilson.

Problems with timing prevented the organizers of the 160-plus kilometre Whistler Sea2Summit Adventure Race, held on Sept. 7 and 8, from posting results in time for the last issue of Pique.

The Whistler Racquet and Golf Resort is hosting a locals open house on Saturday, Sept. 28 from 3 to 6 p.m. Participants get free court time and can play in a miniature round robin tournament.

Race longer, harder than last year Feeling that fewer people should have finished the first Samurai of Singletrack last year, organizers Tony Horn and Ru Mehta made this year’s ride longer and more technical, throwing in a few brutal climbs for

For the second year in a row, Canadian mountain bike star and defending world champion Roland Green will be racing in the Cheakamus Challenge Fall Classic Mountain Bike Race.