Local Sports

The first – and hopefully the first annual – World Freestyle Snowmobile Association big air contest in the history of Whistler, didn’t go off as planned on April 17, but it did "go off".

The Whistler Off Road Cycling Associaton (WORCA), in partnership with the Whistler Real Estate Company, is getting the fat tire freeride season off to an early start with an April 21 Freeride Clinic, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m..

Quebec skiers strong in three-day international race Canada’s young racers showed that we are still one of the first nations of skiing, with strong performances at the ninth annual Whistler Cup against some of the best young skiers in the world.

The best new school skiers in the world will kick off the event side of the Telus World Ski and Snowboard Festival on April 14 with the Orage Big Air contest at the base of the Whistler Gondola.

Hotel Vancouver victorious once again The sun was out for the 2001 Mouton-Cadet Spring Festival ski and snowboard race on April 8 – which was not necessarily a good thing if you were one of the many competitors who wined and dined at the gala Se

Whistler Ski Club members won six or the 14 Masters Combined Championships decided at Sun Peaks April 6-8, and did very well in the individual events. Women captured four medals in the super G and GS and five in the slalom.

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.