Sports

There are plenty of opportunities to get physical in Nelson.

Nelson freeride skiers Haley and Trace Cooke will be travelling to Europe to ski with the best free skiers in the world in the new year.

Nelson's offence filled the net with pucks as they hammered Grand Forks.

Despite several scoring chances, the Nelson Leafs fell 2-1 to Spokane.

West Kootenay squad won the Tier 1 Division in the Haley Wickenheiser World Hockey Festival in Calgary.

The senior boys basketball squad beat up Stanley Humphries on Tuesday night.

Kootenay Jiujitsu members competed in the youth tournament in Castlegar on November 22.

Last weekend Nelson skaters were in Cranbrook at the East Kootenay Invitational Competition.

What motivates you to get up early on the weekend and brave the elements? Is it the fresh snow, or the depth of the base at Whitewater?

We have been experimenting with lighter gear as well as fly reels and mooching reels to make the battles even more exciting.