Local Sports

After a brief hiatus, the Sprite Park Rider Series returned on Feb. 10 for the first Snowcross event of the season. For the first time since the park series began skiers were invited to participate as well as snowboarders.

After the most successful session in the new club’s short history, which included various time trials, a dual meet with the Squamish Pirates, and a well-attended Swim-a-thon, the Whistler Seawolves have kicked off the winter session in the fast

There hasn’t been a lot to celebrate so far in the 2002 Winter Olympics. Medal favourites and top contenders are stumbling, crashing, or otherwise coming up short, and not just for Canada either.

It was cold, the visibility changed every five minutes, and the snow was soft enough to carve deep ruts into.

Alpine Canada Alpin (ACA) was unsuccessful in its last-minute bid to get Whistler’s Britt Janyk into the 2002 Olympic Winter Games.

Whistler’s Christina Risler, a member of the National Development Team, earned a silver medal in the Canadian sweep of the Nor-Am downhill in Aspen, Colorado on Feb. 4. Kelly VanderBeek of Kitchener Ontario was first, Risler was 0.

The Whistler Mountain Ski Club continued to dominate in their competitive zone last weekend, winning 12 out of the 12 medals handed out at the annual Bob Parsons Memorial Super G.

Listening to the grunts of the racers as they steered their way around the last dozen gates, you get a good idea just how physically and mentally demanding the annual Appleton Rum Peak to Valley Race really is.

Now it’s time to race

After a slow start this season, Whistler’s Britt Janyk is emerging as one of the top young alpine racers in Canada and on the World Cup circuit.