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Bolt down the folding chairs, people, because wrestling is coming to Pemberton. The National Wrestling Alliance and Extremely Canadian Championship Wrestling are holding five matches plus a Battle Royale at the Pemberton Youth Centre on Dec. 8.

After a frustrating year of coming up short in competitions, Whistler snowboarder Michelle Charles jumped to the top of the heap in a NorAm giant slalom competition at Copper Mountain, Colorado on Nov.

World Cup Freestyle Skiing will benefit from a new sponsor when it returns to Whistler Jan. 26 to 27 for both aerials and dual mogul events – the last events prior to the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.

May be back for Olympics Emily Brydon, 21, one of Canada’s strongest up and coming skiers, may be back in time for the 2002 winter Olympics after undergoing knee surgery to repair a damaged anterior cruciate ligament on Nov. 14.

The Federation Internationale de Ski (FIS) is adding a Big Air competition to its West Coast tour this year, a $40,000 prize event on Grouse Mountain that will piggyback on the World Cup halfpipe, snowboard cross, and parallel giant slalom events at

With the highest registration numbers in years and a couple of time trials under their elasticated wastebands, the Whistler Seawolves swim team hosted the Squamish Pirates in a Halloween fun meet.

When I chose to make the jump into competitive ski racing it was because of my love for the sport and the excitement of being in the mountains. Those factors are still number one on my list of reasons why I continue to ski race.

Emily Brydon of Fernie, B.C.

While you’d be hard-pressed to find any ski or snowboard magazine that didn’t feature at least one shot of B.C.’s ski resorts or backcountry, for December of 2001, Snowboarder Magazine has a released a special British Columbia Issue.

Hermann Maier, one of the most dominant alpine ski racers ever to charge out of the gate, is still optimistic that he’ll march into the stadium at Salt Lake City this February as part of the Austrian team – providing he can resolve some of