Australia and New Zealand have been enjoying plenty of precip this year with a great snowpack, but things turned sideways at Perisher this weekend. 3 separate unrelated skier deaths occurred, including two avalanches and a tree collision. 

A local Australian paper has more details about the recent accidents. 

Batten down the hatches. Run for your lives. Train hard. Do some push ups. Drink some cheap beer. Stretch your groins... Gaper Day 2008 is less than a week away in Whistler!

Oh yes that's right, an absolutely epic season like the one we just enjoyed deserves the epic tribute that only Gaper Day can provide. Even if you've been in summer mode for a few weeks, it's time to slip into those rear entry boots one last time for a season ender like none other. Here's the details...

Fifty-nine Junior competitors this week (Jan 8th, 2007) completed the first leg of the 2007 Canadian Open Freeskiing Championship presented by Ledcor in harsh weather conditions.

The top names in freeskiing converge on Copper Mountain to compete for a total prize purse of $60,000.00 during the Jeep® U.S. Freeskiing Open Jan. 17-21. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Open is the largest, longest running and most respected contest in freeskiing and showcases the best twin-tipped talent in the world. In addition to the two-plank snow sliding action, Copper celebrates January in the mountains with free live music, warm bonfires, exciting fireworks, free outdoor movies, sponsor giveaways and more.

The Swedes are at it again, here's their New Generation Events release...

It rocked last year, and you would be a fool to miss it this year. The New Generation Events will be the most elaborate ski event of the season in all of Scandinavia and possibly all of Europe. The New Generation Events return for the third consecutive year, as part of the FIS Alpine World Championships 2007 in Åre, Sweden.

While most of us are sitting on our butts waiting for winter to show up, Kit DesLauriers, Rob DesLauriers, David Hahn, Jimmy Chin & Bryce Brown just waltzed on over to this wee peek we like to call Mt Everest, and skied it. A first ever for a female. At least that's the details we've made out. It's all over the web, rather than spreading false rumours we'll let you read it for yourself...

Sept. 15. It's on. Snowing in Whistler. We were wearing shorts in 27 degree weather a couple days ago, and now this? hells ya.

Cardrona Alpine Resort is this week being transformed into a snow sports arena as final preparations take place before the inaugural Coca-Cola Cardrona Games kick off on Thursday.

While it's been mostly rainy and crummy up on the glacier this summer in Whistler, we're sure the next wave of grommets are likely still up there throwing down new tricks daily. Meanwhile, here's a few pics Whistler photographer Arne Gutmann had saved in his own sleeve of tricks... JP Auclair going big on a monoboard. Chicks in Europe will love him forever onwards. For more of Arne's photos, check out www.boardstars.com.

Posted Jan 5, 2004

Photos by Bruce Rowles, Ilja Herb & JF Pilon

Last winter a no-name Whistler local took the freeski world by storm and ended the season 0.2 points away from winning the IFSA Freesking World Champion Title. At the US National Championships he became the only skier to ever win the coveted SICK BIRD belt and a first place title in the same comp. We caught up with Jonny Law to find out what he eats for breakfast, how he skis so hard, and what he's got lined up for this winter...