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Emily Brydon of Fernie, B.C.

While you’d be hard-pressed to find any ski or snowboard magazine that didn’t feature at least one shot of B.C.’s ski resorts or backcountry, for December of 2001, Snowboarder Magazine has a released a special British Columbia Issue.

Hermann Maier, one of the most dominant alpine ski racers ever to charge out of the gate, is still optimistic that he’ll march into the stadium at Salt Lake City this February as part of the Austrian team – providing he can resolve some of

Gymnastics B.C.

It’s like that scene in Braveheart where Willliam Wallace is dying, but it’s hard to feel too sad because the wife of the prince is carrying Wallace’s baby, and quite possibly the heir to the throne of England – one life ends in t

SPECIAL EVENTS CORNUCOPIA . The annual celebration of food and drink takes place Nov. 8-11. Winemakers dinners, workshops, tastings and celebrity cook-offs are part of the festival. Full details available from Tourism Whistler. THIRD DEGREE BURNS.

Club offers high performance programs to athletes As one of the strongest ski clubs in the province, the Whistler Mountain Ski Club (WMSC) has produced its fair share of champions, regionally, provincially, and nationally, many of whom have gone on t

Branded in Heaven

On Nov. 5, senior women’s volleyball teams from Howe Sound, Pemberton and Whistler met in the annual Sea to Sky Volleyball Championship.

Coaches to develop new programs, bring in more riders With the regular program increasing from 35 kids to 50 kids over the previous year, and members of the racing team jumping up into more difficult competitive categories after dominating last year,