Whistler Nordic Ski Club

Toonie Race Series

Toonie #4: Wednesday, Feb. 8th at WOP

Register: 6:00pm in the stadium area

Race Start: 6:30pm

Bring a headlamp and $2

Apres will be held in the flex space

Next Toonie: Feb 15th at WOP

Sponsors:

Membership is required, please visit www whistlernordics com

Resor t Municipality of Whistler

Request for Proposals

Mackie has her entire career—not to mention high-school graduation—ahead of her. She is excited to be participating in her first World Juniors, excited to be raising eyebrows against older opponents. Most of all, she is excited for Nordiq Canada’s potential going into the next Olympic cycle.

“I think we really have an amazing shot at doing well,” Mackie said. “You know, we started our ‘We Believe’ campaign back in the fall. I think it’s really motivating us as a country, and I think we have great momentum.”

A Good Start

He wanted more, but Remi Drolet is still off to a solid start this week in Whistler. The Rossland, B.C. resident put in work to cross the line in 17th at the U23 men’s 20-kilometre mass start.

“I think it’s a good start for the championships,” he said after his Jan. 31 race. “I was definitely hoping for a little bit more and I think I made a couple mistakes in the first laps that cost me a lot of energy.”

Although he is still eligible for World Juniors events, Drolet has already cut his teeth on the biggest stage of them all. He placed 33rd, 35th and 57th in three individual events at the 2022 Winter Olympics, when he also helped the Canadian 4x10-kilometre relay team earn an 11th-place result.

Prior to Whistler, Drolet has competed at three World Juniors, one U23 World Championship and the 2021 senior World Ski Championships. The 22-year-old possesses plenty of experience and was able to use it to dissect his performance on a day where he stayed with the top 15 until the last five kilometres of his race.

“It was just difficult to get by people,” Drolet said. “There’s a lot of traffic out there and it’s kind of bumper to bumper, so it’s really hard to pass. You had to be a little bit lucky to be in the right position, and I wasn’t quite able to do that. But I think it was a good learning experience and overall a decent race.”

After seeing the paucity of snow at numerous European venues this year, the Olympian was thrilled to don the Maple Leaf and test himself on the world-class snow conditions in Whistler.

“It’s absolutely amazing,” Drolet said. “Out of all the World Juniors I’ve been to, I think this is the best organized and I’m really enjoying myself here. It’s beautiful. We’ve got great skiing and I couldn’t ask for anything more.” n

Whistler Public Electric Assist Bike Share Program

The RMOW is inviting qualified proponents to submit proposals via email to par ks@whistler.ca by 2p.m. on March 2nd.

See details at whistler ca/bids