Whistler Mountain Ski Club hosts highly successful 2025 O2E Brands Whistler Cup

With months of planning and preparation, the Whistler Mountain Ski Club did it again. The Whistler Cup. Easy to say, very hard to do.

With over 450 young ski racers from all over the world – Europe, South America, U.S., Asia and elsewhere – the event was a smashing success.

Starting with the super-G on the Dave Murray National Training Centre on Whistler Mountain, the U16 racers impressed mightily, despite wet and challenging conditions. The ever-diligent army of volunteers, led by the WMSC crew, worked hard to maintain safe racing conditions.

The racing then shifted to slalom on the Dave Murray Downhill track for the U16s, while the U14s got their racing series started with slalom for the girls and a Team Dual for the boys from the top of Raven, on Friday. The weather and conditions were favourable, and the course sets gave the youngsters a good challenge.

On Saturday the U14s swapped venues, girls for Team Dual and the boys to slalom. The weather continued to improve with good visibility and mixed sun; the course conditions were maintained with salt and fertilizer to withstand the warming spring weather.

All participants enjoyed the legendary Whistler Cup banquet on Saturday night, with the awards presentation at the Whistler Conference Centre. Rob Boyd was working the mic as the energetic emcee, while ski cross Olympian & world champion Reece Howden gave an inspirational special address about how he manages doubt and fear. The athletes were gripped by his speech.

Awards for the U14 women’s GS & U14 men’s SL and the U16 Parallel were presented at the end of the racing day in Skiers’ Plaza on April 13. O2E Brands’ event sponsor Brian Scudamore gave out the awards along with prizes from Atomic, with Rob Boyd assisting the presentations.

“One of my key take-aways is how so many people came together to run such a successful event,” Boyd said at the conclusion of the event. “Someone mentioned how it takes a village, and it really does! The number of volunteers is remarkable – it certainly makes the event run smoothly and there is such enjoyment for the athletes and the volunteers.”
– Rob Boyd

Despite some weather challenges to start the event, the Whistler Mountain Ski Club did a fantastic job, once again, with delivering a world-class event. BC Alpine congratulates and thanks Whistler Mountain Ski Club for a job well done!

U14 Nations Festival Cup

(Team with most points accumulated throughout GS and SL races within the top 15 places):

First Place: USA1
Second Place: Japan
Third Place: Switzerland

2025 Whistler Cup, Team Standings U16:

First Place: Norway
Second Place: Switzerland
Third Place: USA

Top U14 Canadians:

U14 Girls 1st – Nancy Greene Trophy: Lilli Brovender, Vernon
U14 Girls 2nd: Amelia Park, Grouse-Tyee
U14 Girls 3rd: Cecily Gibbons, WMSC

U14 Boys 1st – Dave Murray Trophy: Gabriel Morin, WMSC
U14 Boys 2nd: Cameron Pierce, Craigleith Ski Club
U14 Boys 3rd: James Coon, Ontario

Top U16 Canadians:

1st Place – Nancy Greene Trophy: Sarah Decary, Quebec
2nd Place: Elena Deda, Canada 2
3rd Place: Logann Guay, Canada 1

Dave Murray Trophy : Adrien Cote, Quebec
2nd Place: Laurent Legare, Canada 2
3rd Place: Jacob Mackey, Canada 1

Race Officials

Technical Delegates: Jill Firstbrook, Carmen Kirshenblatt, Colin Pitt-Taylor
Chiefs of Race: John Novak, Jeff Parkhill, Jason Shorter
Chiefs of Course: Rob Cook, Josh Sarkis, Scott Waldrum
Race Admin: Vicki Schenk
Chief of Volunteers: Jennifer Heyries

Link to results (results will be posted here; I can send pdf copies of all official race results)

FULL RESULTS