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Canadian skiers ready for Olympics

The Canadian Alpine Ski Team (CAST) is well on its way to the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, with nine team members already qualifying for the Games.

Enduro puts skills to the test

Riders go downhill to raise funds for Foreplay More than 30 downhillers took part in the first, and hopefully annual, WORCA Max Vert Enduro last weekend, squeezing in as many laps of the Whistler Mountain Bike Park as possible in a three-hour period.

World Cup returns to Lake Louise

The Canadian women will be looking for a little home hill support when they take on the world at the Lake Louise Winterstart World Cup, which features both downhill and super-G races – the only World Cup races being held in Canada in the 2001-20

Trails, membership key initiatives for WORCA in 2002

Aside from having two bucks left in the bank, the Whistler Off Road Cycling Association (WORCA) has nothing but good things to say about this past year, and bright aspirations for next year. WORCA held its annual general meeting on Sept.

Whistler Minor Hockey fund-raiser in memory of Tony Tyler

The Tapley?s Pub old-timers hockey club is holding a golf tournament and fund-raising social on Friday, Oct. 5, in memory of Tony Tyler.

WORCA releases annual membership survey

According to the most recent survey, the average member of the Whistler Off Road Cycling Association rides a lot, likes to race for social reasons, and is reasonably well off.

Huck Fest goes big

The Whistler Mountain Bike Park is going out with a bang, not a whimper, this weekend with the first annual Harvest Huckfest ? three days of mountain bike worship to celebrate the best season in the park?s history.

Tee off for Tony

Friends of the late Tony Tyler are hosting an all-day memorial golf tournament on Oct. 5 to honour his memory and raise money for his favourite charity, the Whistler Minor Hockey Association.

Changes underway at Blackcomb terrain park

New passes required for advanced, expert terrain For the 2001-02 season, Whistler-Blackcomb will have more than 40 acres of terrain parks for beginner, advanced and intermediate skiers and snowboarders, with table tops, spines, rails, halfpipes, and

Freeriders go nuts

Some of the top freeriders and downhill mountain bikers in the region took part in the first P-Nut?s Wild ride down the 19 th Hole in Squamish on Sept. 23 ? over one and a half kilometres of steep, technical singletrack.