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While most Whistlerites spend their time trying not to take a tumble, it’s what Rikka Tindle does best.

Michalchuk fifth in pipe, Ricker sixth in snowboard cross Jasey Jay Anderson of St-Jovite, Quebec, just may be the best alpine snowboarder in the world right now, earning back to back gold medals in the snowboard cross and parallel giant slalom event

After three frustrating days, Whistler’s Jennifer Bertram, 18, won the women’s GS at the Pontiac GMC Cup national race series in Banff on Feb. 20.

While many of the top Whistler Valley Snowboard Club members were away competing in the B.C. Snowboard Association’s provincial series at Mount Seymour, the Nike Snowboard Cross last weekend was wide open.

Canadian racer Emily Brydon’s surgery to repair two damaged ligaments and her medial meniscus was a success, according to team physician Dr. Bob Morrell.

Forsyth’s sixth was Canada’s best Although they got off to a slow start, Austria came away from the World Alpine Ski Championships with the lion’s share of the hardware – but a smaller share compared to the last championships.

There will be an important organizational meeting for the upcoming Whistler Minor League Baseball season on Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. at the Blackcomb Lodge. All executive members, team managers and coaches should attend.

The recent Nike Snowboard Cross event was a full house, drawing 184 competitors and thousands of spectators over the course of the day on Blackcomb. The track itself was unique for the Feb.

Whistler’s Dale and Jason Begg-Smith, aged 16 and 20, have been tearing it up on the Nor-Am mogul circuit, narrowly missing the podium in the last two contests. In the first contest, at Sunday River, Maine, on Feb.

It was a perfect day for a loppet. The sun was up, the air was cold, and the snow was hard and fast. Although a few dogs took exception to the starter pistol, Sunday’s 24 th annual Chateau Whistler Cup Loppet couldn’t have gone much better.