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Canada once again won the Nations’ title at the Whistler Cup ahead of the USA and Japan, thanks in part to the hard work of six Revelstoke ski racers. Sara-Jo Howatt, Emily Unterberger, Callum Hicks, Mitch Smith, Max Scharf and Lachlan Hicks were among the 450 skiers from 25 countries hosted at the international children’s race.

The Revelstoke Acrobats competed with 150 athletes at the B.C. Provincial Championships held over three days at Langley last weekend.

About 40 competitors came out to Society Snow and Skate’s first ever S-Games on April 16, held on a purpose built course that included booters, a big hip jump and whole bunch of improvised jib obstacles.

Revelstoke cycling enthusiasts are exploring ways to amalgamate their efforts under the collective umbrella of the Revelstoke Cycling Association (RCA). This comes after many years of operating as a patchwork of formal and informal groups focused on specialized cycling categories, such as road riding, freeride mountain biking and cross-country mountain biking.

There were many personal bests achieved by the racers of the Revelstoke Ski Club this weekend. Three different series took place: the Okanagan zone finals for the kinder and J1 athletes, the western Canadian finals for the FIS athletes, and the Canadian championships for Masters racers.

Four Revelstoke athletes recently competed in their national championships – alpine ski racers Mitch Smith, Emily Unterberger, Lachlan Hicks and Alix Petit all raced against the best skiers in the country. Unterberger, Smith and Hicks returned this weekend from the K2 Nationals in Collingwood, Ontario. Petit is just finishing up her eight-day series at the Canadian Championships in Nakiska, Alberta, where she competed against the country’s best – World Cup and Olympic skiers.