Member News & Features Archive
Three BC ski racers qualify for World Junior Championships at Panorama
Three BC Alpine skiers were named to Team Canada for the upcoming FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships in Panorama, B.C., March 1-9, 2022. The event features the best junior ski racers in the world (born between 2001 and 2005), and is considered a critical point in the ski racing pathway.
Whistler is producing champion ski racers at a rapid pace. What’s the secret?
When Jack Crawford battled for a hard-fought bronze medal in the men’s combined in Beijing last week, he kept Canadians and ski racing fans glued to their devices, including his legion of friends and followers at the Whistler Mountain Ski Club. And before you...
SPORTING LIFE NGSL RECAP: Ski the North Festival
Prince George Ski Club hosts U12 "Ski the North Festival" at Purden Ski Village On the weekend of February 19 & 20, 2022, the Prince George Ski Club welcomed 108 U6, U8, U10 and U12 racers from North Zone clubs, including Lightning Creek Ski Club, Powder King Ski...
ACA announces World Juniors Team Canada athletes
ALPINE CANADA NOMINATES FIS ALPINE JUNIOR WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS ATHLETES Calgary, AB - Alpine Canada is proud to announce the 12 skiers nominated to Team Canada for the upcoming FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships (the “World Juniors”) in Panorama, B.C.,...
Teck U14 Coast Zone Speed Camp, hosted by WMSC
And led by Olympians Rob Boyd and Mike Janyk, February 3 to 6, 2022 What an amazing opportunity it was for the Coast Zone ski club racers to experience world class coaching and course setting from the duo of Rob and Mike! Conditions for speed improved from Thursday...
Return to Racing for Coast Zone U12 skiers at Janyk Cup
And excitement is in the air as young racers meet Olympians & Paralympians Clear blue skies coupled with unseasonably warm weather greeted an energetic group of more than 100 young ski racers on Sunday, February 13th in Whistler. Wearing colourful...
Perhaps Rome was built in a day: Vernon Ski Club steps up and delivers “terrific” race series
If they come, will you build it? For Rob Tupper, a long time ski racing “chief” with the Vernon Ski Club at Silver Star, this was the proposition presented to him a mere three weeks before a scheduled BC Alpine Teck Open race series.
BC Alpine clubs can apply to host the 2023 National Championships & Nor-Am Finals
Two of the largest events in Alpine Ski Racing in Canada are coming West! The 2023 Senior Alpine National Championships and the Nor-Am Cup Finals will be hosted in BC or Alberta next year. The process to bid on the opportunity to host one of these prestigious race...
Sporting Life NGSL RECAP: Revelstoke, OK Zone
PHOTO CREDIT: Giles Shearing
TECK RACE RECAP: Red Mountain, Kootenay Zone
On January 22 & 23, for the first time in 2 years, Red Mountain Racers were delighted to welcome teams from the Kootenay Zone to the TECK U14, U16 Zone Race! Alpine Clubs were represented by Fernie, Golden Kicking Horse, Black Dogs, Kimberly, Windermere Valley,...
2022 O2e Brands Whistler Cup Postponed Until 2023
January 26, 2022 For Immediate Release Whistler, BC - Despite our most optimistic and enthusiastic efforts to press forward with our 2022 O2E Brands Whistler Cup, concerns related to the Omicron variant, and its impact on global travel, have forced us to postpone the...
“Ski racing is more popular than ever”
If you build it they will come. The iconic line from Field of Dreams is a baseball reference but it could also hold true for BC Alpine and its 35 member clubs. Challenged with many obstacles over the past two seasons, including no racing due to provincial travel-related restrictions, the clubs have persevered.
TECK RACE RECAP: Whistler Mtn. Ski Club, Coast Zone
Whistler Mountain Ski Club hosted Teck Coast Zone GS and Slalom, January 22 & 23, 2022 Location: Dave Murray National Training Centre, Whistler MountainHill Conditions: Firm, spring-like conditions both daysWeather Conditions: Mix of sun and cloudRace Structure:...
TECK RACE RECAP: Troll/Lightning Creek, North Zone
U12 Awards
TECK RACE RECAP: Whistler Mtn. Ski Club, Coast Zone
Whistler Mountain Ski Club hosts Teck U16 Coast Zone GS/SL, Jan. 15 & 16 Ski racing is back! Zone racing returned to Whistler Mountain after an 18-month hiatus, with over 80 U16 and FIS racers from the Coast Zone racing strong on Whistler Mountain this past...
TECK RACE RECAP: Sun Peaks Alpine Team, OK Zone
Sun Peaks hosts successful Teck Okanagan Zone Race, January 15 & 16 After an almost two year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sun Peaks Alpine Club welcomed back ski racing to the Nancy Greene International Race Centre at Sun Peaks Mountain Resort on January...
2022 BC Winter Games will not proceed
Today the BC Games Society and the Greater Vernon 2022 BC Winter Games Society announced that the Greater Vernon 2022 BC Winter Games that were scheduled for February 24 to 27, 2022 will not take place this year. Greater Vernon made every effort to stage these Games,...
Upcoming Coaching Courses in early 2022
BC Alpine will be conducting a number of coaching courses in January and beyond. So far this season, BC Alpine has run 11 EL courses for 71 prospective coaches