Local Sports

Exchange builds skills, relationship among athletes Whistler Mountain Ski Club racers at the K1 (age 11 to 12) and K2 (13 to 14) level are playing host to nine of their Italian counterparts from July 25 to Aug. 7 as part of an athlete exchange.

The first annual Samurai of Singletrack is a sellout, and with six weeks still to go before the contest begins.

WORCA partners with land developers to keep trails open When it was founded in 1990, the Whistler Off Road Cycling Association’s main goal was keeping trails open to the growing mountain bike community.

Two of Whistler’s strongest young swimmers are heading to the regional championships in Vancouver this weekend, after posting some excellent results in June and July.

The Rocket Rally Racing Team easily outdistanced the other factory production cars and finished sixth overall against souped up open class vehicles at the Maine Forest Summer Rally last weekend.

Despite the fact it had to compete with the World Triathlon Championships in Edmonton last weekend, the fourth annual Squamish Triathlon on July 22 shattered all previous attendance records.

While skiing is a distant memory for most Whistlerites, jammed into the back of the closet with the boots and triple-ply Gore-Tex clothing, three local skiers have made the trip to New Zealand to compete in a 16-hour endurance downhill for charity.

You may drive like Tiger and chip like Faldo, but until you can sink putts from the fringe you’re never going to earn that PGA tour card. As the saying goes, "drive for show, putt for dough.

A field of 40 mountain bikers turned out to the Whistler downhill competition on July 24, the first of what is now a three-race series.

Conditions sideline racers at fourth XC race The fourth Canada Cup cross country race of the season, on July 22 in Canmore, Alberta, was an over-the-bars affair, with competitors sinking into bogs, sliding into one another around the corner, and slip