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Although the terrain park was socked in by fog throughout the day, 72 knuckle-draggers and two-plankers managed to fit two runs into the halfpipe on Jan. 20 during the second event of the Sprite Park Rider Series. Only the best run would count.

B.C. team nets most podiums The B.C. Ski Team emerged from the first stop of the Pontiac GMC Cup alpine racing series at Mount Norquay in Banff, Alberta, with its share of the hardware.

Ricker wins silver in halfpipe All the wine and cheese in France couldn’t slow the Canadian snowboard team down last weekend, as the World Cup season continued in Alpe d’Huez.

Interest has been high for the inaugural Lost Lake Shuffle Nordic Relay this Saturday, an enduro event in which individuals and teams see how many laps they can make of a 3.5 km Lost Lake course on skinny skis in a four-hour period.

Some 70 skiers and boarders turned out to the first Kokanee Valley Race Series super G of the season on Jan. 10, the third event on the series’ 10-stop calendar.

Making their debut in the giant slalom at Grouse Mountain last weekend, the K1 racers (age 11 and 12) from the Whistler Mountain Ski Club excelled against tough competition from the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island and Washington State, earning sever

Whistler’s Britt Janyk, who at 21 is only in her first full season with the Canadian Alpine Ski Team, came with 0.03 seconds of the podium in a Europa Cup giant slalom at Arosa, Switzerland.

Rousseau injured; Canadian freestylers net five medals The Canadian freestyle team rounded up five medals last weekend at a moguls competition at St-Lary, France, and an aerials competition at Mont Tremblant. The mogul team got some bad news on Jan.

Locals capture four of six medals There wasn’t a lot of new snow to cushion the landings, but that didn’t stop athletes participating in the 2001 Canadian Freeskiing Championships from dropping cliffs and chutes, and hitting other terrain f

The winter session of the Whistler Women’s Volleyball League is about to get underway, and teams are looking for bumpers, setters and spikers at the intermediate and advanced level to come out and play.