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Whistler’s Erin Simmons and Drew Neilson of Vernon finished third overall in the final International Snowboarding Federation boardercross of the season last weekend in Switzerland.

Doctor’s upgraded the condition of Dave Irwin, a former Canadian downhiller and one of the original Crazy Canucks, from critical and stable to serious and stable on April 7.

The Whistler Provincial gymnastics team showed the competition a thing or eight at the Delta Invitational on March 18, with eight local athletes bringing home medals from the competition.

Torn wins fourth Couloir Extreme It was a slightly different course that awaited competitors in the Kokanee Couloir Extreme March 31, with low snow forcing organizers to shift the lower part of the course from Blowdown to Jersey Cream.

Two Whistler skiers and one coach have been named to Team Canada for the upcoming Whistler Cup 2001 races from Apr. 6 to 8. Alpine Canada Alpin (ACA), the national sanctioning body for ski racing in Canada, named ten athletes and four coaches on Apr.

Sierra Wireless, a B.C.-based provider of wireless data communications products, has signed on to join Air Canada as a title sponsor for ninth annual Whistler Cup competition, running from April 6 to 8.

Whistler’s Tim Orr, 16, and Mercedes Nicoll, 17, came home from the International Snowboard Federation’s Junior World Championships in Sappada, Italy with more than passport stamps.

The Whistler Slo-pitch League has called a team captains meeting for 7 p.m., April 17 in the Alex Philip Lounge at the Myrtle Philip Community Centre. The meeting is mandatory for all team captains or representatives.

"What do you feed those guys up there in Canada?" That was the question most everyone was asking at the prestigious Red Bull Snowthrill of Alaska competition held in the remote Chugach Mountains of southwestern Alaska last week.

The 10-event Kokanee Valley Race Series wrapped up under grey skies on March 29 with a 27-gate giant slalom on Jersey Cream. Points were tallied and champions were announced based on the competitors’ best seven results.