Jackie Goodman enjoys cycling to beat cancer
Jackie Goodman poses in front of semi bearing the logo of the Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer. Darrell Goodman photo As a member of the Lake Revelstoke Dragon Boat Society Jackie Goodman is an active campaigner against cancer. Now’s she’s expanding her participation in cancer research fund raising by cycling from Surrey to Seattle. “t was nice...
CAC project aims to reduce avalanche deaths in snowmobile community
FERNIE — In recent years, a new trend has become clear in British Columbia’s backcountry, as more and more snowmobilers are being killed. As a result, the Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) is launching the Mountain Snowmobile Education Project, thanks to federal, provincial and municipal government funding, announced Jan. 20 in a brief ceremony in...
Young skiers perform solidly at Canadian Open Freesking Championships
By Paula Couturier-Poarch Revelstoke Ski C lub Eight local skiers, aged 12-16, returned from the Canadian Open Freesking Championship in Rossland last week. A very tough, rocky, and steep course made it very challenging for the competitors. A high number of competitors from Canada and the states competed in different age categories. Jake Teuton of Revelstoke...
Petersen, Collinson tops at the Freeskiing finals
Kye Petersen and Oakley White-Allen congratulate each other on the podium. Meg Haywood-Sullivan photo Wednesday’s finals of the Subaru Freeskiing World Tour 2012 on Revelstoke’s Mount Mackenzie were a spectacular display of big mountain freeskiing. After a two-day weather delay, competitors and fans woke up to perfect blue skies for the culmination...
Sabrina Gauthier tops at last weekend’s Slopestyle competition
Image courtesy of Somewon Collective Sabrina Gauthier is proving her value to the BC Freestyle Team by winning the BC Snowboard Provincial Series Slopestyle competition at Big White last Saturday. After two runs the the 18-year-old clinched the top spot in the Women’s Category with a score of 23.5, well ahead of her nearest rival, Jennifer Bernier...
Boarding wins go to Americans and French
RMR’s Mackenzie Face played host to the world’s best big mountain snowboarders Saturday. Seventeen men and six women were flown to the peak by Selkirk Tangiers Heli Skiing for the one run, winner-takes-all snowboard day of the Subaru Freeskiing and Swatch Freeride World Tours. The North Face rider Ralph Backstrom out of Squaw Valley earned the highest...
Revelstokeians among the Top 10 at Freeskiing World Tour
Day One of the Subaru Freeskiing and Swatch Freeride World Tour ended Friday with Kye Peterson of Whistler/Blackcomb and Ashley Maxfield of Alta, Utah, in the lead. A freeskiing legend at the age of 21, Peterson topped the Men’s field by taking full advantage of the terrain that Revelstoke Mountain Resort’s North Bowl has to offer. He successfully...
Freeskiing World Tour took off Thursday
Revelstoke’s Separate Reality venue was host to Thursday’s Qualifier for the Swatch Freeskiing and Freeride World Tour. With few spots up for grabs in Friday’s Day 1 of competition, skiers pushed the limits of big mountain freeskiing to earn their spot. Taking first out of 60 competitors in the Men’s field was Benjamin Ogilvie from Fernie,....
Holyk Creek avalanche claims a life
The Revelstoke RCMP confirm that a 45-year-old Canadian man died while heli-skiing on Friday afternoon December 30. He was identified as Ronald Gregory Sheardown of Stouffville, Ontario, who is currently residing in Dubai. A group of 11 skiers with one guide were heli-skiing with Canadian Mountain Holidays (CMH), in the Selkirk range southeast of Revelstoke...
Council backs proposal to seek big-money grant for skateboard park and pump track
Council has approved a recommendation that City staff apply to the Ministry of Community Sport and Cultural Development’s Community Recreation Program for a grant to support construction of a new skateboard park and pump track. This illustration shows where municipal staff say they could be shoe-horned into the existing array of diamonds and tracks...
