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Hugo, Ashton second at Snowbird, lead standings Guerlain Chicherit of France and Jamie Bruge of North Star, California. both managed to defend their respective titles as the U.S. Freesking National Champions on Feb. 3 at Snowbird, Utah.

Ski legends come forward for WMSC fund-raiser The Whistler Mountain Ski Club is offering people the opportunity to help the ski club fees down by skiing with some of the biggest legends in Canadian ski racing.

Three Whistler athletes to represent zone Eighty-nine athletes across the province have been chosen to represent their zones in alpine skiing at the B.C. Winter Games, which will run from Feb. 21 to 24 in Williams Lake.

It seems a truce has been called between the nation’s elite knuckle draggers and two-plankers, at least at an organizational level. On Jan.

There were no winners or losers in the 10th annual Telus Mobility Winter Classic, just optimists, pessimists and the occasional realist.

Whistler athlete to take on Vietnam jungle in the Raid-Gauloises Before there was an Eco-Challenge, there was the Raid Gauloises – a 10-day, 1,000 kilometre adventure race that combines kayaking, trekking, mountain biking, canyoning, spelunking

There will be a few obvious changes for the Bob Parsons Memorial Downhill this year, the most obvious being that this year’s race will be a super G, not a downhill.

Whistler athletes, coaches named to Team Canada The qualification period for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, officially ended on Jan.

The Canadian ski team unveils sports wear for 2002 Olympics Whistler is one of the 400 Canadian cities going to Salt Lake City for the Olympics in February, at least in spirit.

Whistler skier qualifies for second run in Italy Things continue to be slow for the Canadian Alpine Ski Team at the events leading up to the Olympics, with the best finish being Allison Forsyth’s 10 th place in the giant slalom at Cortina D’