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Heavy rains washed away any chance of running the first event of the Whistler Gravity Series calendar, an uphill/downhill race from the village to Olympic Station and back again on May 28.

There was a strong showing at the finish line from Whistler and Sea to Sky athletes at the first Nike ACG Five Peaks Trail Running Series of the season on May 25.

Not a lot of mountain resorts can boast a snowboard event as late as May 19, or even scrape together enough snow to built a four-metre quarterpipe, but with an alpine snow base hovering at more than two metres, conditions were perfect for this year&#

Three-day festival celebrates paddle sports If it floats, Kayaks, canoes, voyageur canoes, war canoes, dragon boats – if it floats, you’ll find it at Paddlefest 2002, a new Whistler festival to celebrate spring and the return to hand-propel

By Ben Smailes, Canmore Leader Stacy Kohut is taking down his Evil Knievel poster.

Victoria’s Roland Green, 27, the reigning UCI cross country world champion and World Cup title holder, took the silver medal at the first World Cup race of the season in Madrid, Spain.

There was a lot of talk about strategies leading into the inaugural Crud to Mud race, the crown event of the first annual Mud Fest mountain bike celebration held by Whistler-Blackcomb to celebrate the opening of the bike park.

Whistler dancers qualify for Western championships The Whistler Dance Academy is sending at least one dance team to the Western Canada Championships in Banff, Alberta, this July – and maybe a couple more after this weekend is over.

The actual number of visits to the Whistler Mountain Bike Part hasn't been officially tallied, but according to Rob McSkimming, the managing director of sports programming for Whistler-Blackcomb, it shattered the opening weekend record set the previo

Whistler Mountain Ski Club racers Robbie Dixon and Manuel Osborne Paradis, both of North Vancouver, were among the six skiers named to the 2002-03 men’s B.C. Alpine Ski Team last week.