Local Sports

Quebec’s Jasey Jay Anderson showed the world that a European passport is not a prerequisite for a World Cup victory with a convincing giant slalom win at Mont-Sainte-Anne on Dec. 17.

The Zero Ceiling Street Youth Program – a joint effort between Whistler’s Chris Winter and the Dusk to Dawn youth shelter in Vancouver – is looking for some snowboard gear for a very worthy cause.

Two weeks after crashing into the fence at Lake Louise – knocking himself out, partially separating his right shoulder, and having A silver stud ripped from his lower lip – Kevin Wert was back on his skis and racing in the Val d’Isere

For the second-time in three days, Canadian Jasey Jay Anderson settled for a second place in World Cup snowboarding competition on Blackcomb. In the Nokia World Cup GS on Dec.

Farmand skips halfpipe to celebrate German podiums It was a battle that neither competitor is likely to forget.

It was cold. Damn cold.

Allison Forsyth of Nanaimo put it on the line in Europe last weekend and came up with two of the strongest Canadian finishes in World Cup ski racing this season.

If you think you know the mountains really well, can read a map and organize a team, the fifth annual Whistler-Blackcomb Dual Mountain Rally to benefit the B.C. Rehab Foundation is for you. Even if you have none of these skills, you should come out.

Whistler’s Britt Janyk won a Europa Cup giant slalom in Chamonix, France Dec. 13, finishing nearly 1.5 seconds ahead of the rest of the field.