Local Sports

On the opening day of the Hershey Alberta Cup and NorAm series, running from Dec. 3 to 11 at Lake Louise, the Canadian men came out on top against a field of North American and European skiers and swept the super-G.

There are a few new faces on the Whistler Freeride Team this year, including some of the top skiers and snowboarders on the planet.

Canada’s Jasey Jay Anderson, the reigning Snowboard World Cup champion, earned a bronze medal on Nov. 30 in the parallel slalom at Ischgl, Austria, a "snow date" event for a cancelled World Cup at Kaprun, Austria, the week before.

The Whistler chapter of the Alpine Club of Canada is holding its annual gear swap at Maurice Young Millennium Place on Dec. 8, from noon to 4 p.m.

Whistler runners strong in Seattle More than 1,600 people of all ages and abilities took part in the annual Seattle Marathon on Nov. 25, including local marathon veteran Mae Palm.

About 40 centimetres of new snow, poor visibility, and winds in excess of 80 kilometres per hour prompted the International Ski Federation to cancel parallel slalom and snowboard cross events at Kaprun, Austria, last weekend.

A faulty space heater is being blamed for the inferno that killed 155 underground cable car riders at Kaprun, Austria last winter, including dual moguls world champion Sandra Schmitt. The two-car funicular (cable car) was 600 metres into the 3.

Injuries, podiums, and the drive to succeed

The Whistler Mountain Ski Club FIS team didn’t know what to expect when they headed to the Rockies last week in search of snow and training opportunities, but the weather beat them there.

Toronto didn’t win its bid to host the 2008 Summer Olympics, and Canadian International Olympic Committee executive Dick Pound – some say the IOC’s saviour – didn’t win his bid to become president.