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X-treme

By Jeoff Winkleberry

Some sports are just totally extreme dude. Downhill running is one of them. The Alberta Provincial Downhill Running Championship was held Sat., Apr. 1 in Kananaskis Country.In downhill running, contestants are sent barrelling down a wooded hill hoping to be the fastest to the bottom. At the APDR Championship, contestants started atop a 2,163 foot… Continue reading X-treme

Why freeze at McMahon in winter?

By Jeoff Winkleberry

The Manitoba Underwater Council held their 37th Annual Underwater Football National Championship Mar. 18-19 in wonderfully windy Winnipeg. Although a national championship with four teams is as qualified as the World Series of baseball, Calgary still sent a team–dubbed the Calgary Coroners–to run the “nation.” Underwater football is no spectator sport–even the referee must don… Continue reading Why freeze at McMahon in winter?

Tyranny on the turf

By Jeoff Winkleberry

Although most Calgarians know as much about paddle-ball as six-year-olds do about their reproductive systems, our great prairie city managed to host the Canadian Paddle-ball National Extravaganza Mar. 13-23. For you unfamiliar saps, paddle-ball is played on a soccer-pitch-sized field with 19 players per side, curved, beachball-sized paddles, a ping-pong-sized ball, two goals and a… Continue reading Tyranny on the turf