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Snow no obstacle for KVRS

One of the biggest storms of the season moved in for the start of the Jan.

One of the biggest storms of the season moved in for the start of the Jan. 14 Kokanee Valley Race Series giant slalom, but organizers still managed to get almost 60 skiers, snowboarders and telemarkers through two runs of the gates on Gandy Dancer/Ross's Gold.

It was a long, snowy course with a vertical drop of 270 metres and 35 gates. The fastest one run time was 1:16.05 by Philip Beauregard in the Pro Men category.

The next event is today, Jan. 21, a super G race on Whistler Mountain that uses the same course as the Parsons Memorial K2 race last weekend. Registration is available until 9:45 a.m. at the trailer at the top of the Garbanzo Chair.

After the Jan. 21 race the series takes a break before returning on March 11 with a giant slalom on Blackcomb. More information is available at www.whistlerblackcomb.com.

Jan. 14 Giant Slalom Results

Women 60-Plus

1. Grace Oaks

Women 50 to 59

1 Terry Daly - 3:00.67

2. Randall Carpenter - 3:16.69

Women 40 to 49

1. Sanae Tanaka - 2:43.12

2. Shirley Hui - 3:04.32

3. Denise Boswell - 3:21.20

Women 30 to 39

1. Kristi Hirsh - 3:01.42

2. Heike Stippler - 3:02.44

3. Kate Mullins - 4:54.91

Women 19 to 29

1. Miluse Srajbrova - 3:03.69

Men Telemark

1. Hugh Berwick - 3:48.84

Women Snowboard

1. Stephanie Johnston

Men Snowboard

1. David Ball - 3:28.49

2. Shawn Kinch - 3:43.11

3. Jan Barber - 4:38.07

Men 80-Plus

1. Gar Robinson - 4:16.61

Men 70 to 79

1. Bob Switzer - 3:04.30

Men 60 to 69

1. Paul Psutka - 2:39.68

2. Dermott Corr - 3:24.11

3. Jim Monahan - 3:24.26

Men 50 to 59

1. Peter Lyall - 2:44.27

2. Dave Johnston - 2:57.40

3. Christian Piersanti - 3:01.87

Men 40 to 49

1. John Muzzillo - 2:34.63

2. Geof Gerhart - 2:40.67

3. Tenney Wilkins - 2:41.36

Men 30 to 39

1. Peter Hruby - 2:47.16

2. Edward Vrbanic - 2:50.44

3. Paul Hothersall - 2:52.83

Men 19 to 29

1. Roger Zogg - 2:43.35

2. Ian Stirk - 2:44.50

3. Kozi Ozawa - 2:48.19

Men Pro

1. Philip Beauregard - 2:33.54.