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B.C. Winter Games alpine team selected

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.

Alpine Canada, Snowboard Federation join forces

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.

Charity the winner at Winter Classic

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

Adventure racers to tackle cross country epic

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

Parsons memorial race this weekend

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.

Olympic team announced

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.

New ski suits shed turbulence

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.

Janyk overcomes World Cup hurdle

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’

Air force wins four World Cup medals

Canadians earn one gold, two silver and one bronze at Whistler World Cup When commenting on the Canadian Freestyle Ski Team’s medal hopefuls in the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, Team Leader Todd Allison said there wasn’t one or two medal hopef

Skinny skiers brave cold for loppet

It was 15 degrees below zero, but you wouldn’t know it by all the polypropylene/Lycra tights.