Provincial snowboard series returns

Provincial Snowboard Series

The Provincial Snowboard Series returns to Sun Peaks Jan. 21 to 22 for its second year, featuring two separate slopestyle events over the course of the weekend. From the coaches to the athletes, everyone’s looking forward to the series. Cathy Astofooroff, B.C. Snowboard Association’s executive director, brought the series to Sun Peaks last … [Read more...]

Rocking the banana

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Rocker, Banana, Moustache—not necessarily words you would associate with snowboarding unless you are a rocker with a moustache eating a banana . . . and you snowboard. But if you’re one of the many demo-ing new gear this season wondering what all the fuss is about over reverse camber technology, then you’re sure to have heard these … [Read more...]

A busy couple of weeks in Sun Peaks

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Learning the basics of downhill skiing makes me wonder what the founder of the sport was thinking. For me, cross country skiing makes sense. It’s easy to see how it was created as a means of transportation back when people had to hunt for survival in the winter. A quick search on Google and Bing didn’t bring satisfactory results, saying its … [Read more...]