Local Sports

You'd think that a place whose name means "Mother of the Wind" would be the ultimate playground for sailors.

Welcome to STORMY, otherwise known as a gruelling 67-km sufferfest of epic endurance proportions - and one of the most hard-core trail running races to be found anywhere in North America.

The 36 members of the Squamish Pirates have been working on three key ingredients all season.

Like a true world-class sporting event, you could feel the energy emanating from every inch of space throughout the Al McIntosh Loggers Sports Grounds on Sunday (Aug. 1) for the 2004 Open Show.

The words sailing and Squamish have been closely connected for years in the community, and this year marks a special year for the sport.

In the end, there were two athletes that stood above the rest. They chopped, bucked, ran, raced and sawed better than any of the other competitors throughout the day and their effort paid off.

The weather was hot, but the times of the racers were even hotter in this year's edition of the GearJammer on Saturday (July 24).

Corner Brook, Nfld. is the place to be this week for adventure racers. The Adventure Racing World Championships 2004 will begin on Sunday (Aug. 1) and a Squamish resident will be in the field of competitors.

Squamish is consistently producing great fastpitch players and the next star from Squamish is set to make his mark. Kenny Webb joined the B.C. Junior Men's fastpitch team a few weeks after the team was created in April.

In Joe Eppele's case, using size to your advantage is a good thing.