UBC Recreation
Stanford Invite Recap: Historical 2nd Place Finish for the Thunderbirds
The past weekend, the Thunderbirds flew to California for the annual Stanford Invitational tournament. The tournament was plagued by many uncontrollable circumstances, with a last minute location change, and the heavy rain responsible for it. Additionally, a flight delay caused a third of the team to arrive to the hotels at around 4AM of the […]
UBC Alpine Ski Team Qualifies For USCSA Nationals
Since 2012, The UBC Alpine Ski Team has proudly qualified and attended USCSA Nationals. The UBC Alpine Ski Team is excited to continue our streak this year by sending the women’s team and a qualifying male athlete to the event in Lake Placid, New York. As the only Canadian team on the circuit, we train […]
USCSA Regional Results
Last week the UBC Alpine Ski Team traveled down to Jackson, Wyoming to compete in the USCSA regionals. After two days of intense racing we are excited to announce that the women’s team has qualified for nationals in Lake Placid, New York. The women’s team came 2nd on the first day and 5th on the […]
USCSA Grouse Mountain Results
This past weekend the UBC Alpine Ski team competed in their last race of the regular season, hosted by our very own Grouse Mountain. The team brought 17 athletes to the race as well as a couple of volunteers, spectators, and parents to watch the skibirds storm the mountain. The morning started out warm and […]
CUSSL Westerns 2018: A Major Success for UBC Synchro!
On January 27th, UBC Synchro hosted and competed in the Canadian University Synchronized Swimming League’s annual Western Divisional Championships. It was the first time that a synchro meet had been held at the new UBC Aquatic Centre, and the event couldn’t have gone more smoothly. UBC Synchro had many successful performances throughout the day. In […]
USCSA Mt. Hood Results
Last weekend the UBC Ski Team competed in the third USCSA qualifier in Mt. Hood, Oregon. Due to the lack of snow the race was switched from a GS to Slalom race, this didn’t stop the skibirds from attacking the slopes. On saturday freshmen Anastasia Kiku finished in 3rd place with third year Michele Warner […]
USCSA 49 Degrees North Results
Last weekend the UBC Alpine Ski Team competed in the first slalom race of the season in Chewelah, Washington at 49 degrees North. The women competed on Saturday with freshmen Samantha Boughner coming in as our top athlete with a third place finish, and Anastasia Kiku not far behind in eighth place. The men competed […]
University of Oregon Show Wrap-Up
Last Friday we drove to Aurora, Oregon for our first show of the year! It was a very successful weekend with Claire winning Reserve High Point Rider Saturday and then finishing off the weekend winning Champion High Point Rider on Sunday. GO CLAIRE! As a school, we won Reserve High Point on Saturday! Overall a […]
Spring Sailing: Two Weekends In
With the first two weekends of the spring sailing season completed, UBC has had a busy travel schedule. To start the season in style, Thunderbirds Sailing SC sent five sailors to take in some sun at the annual Peter Wenner Rainbow Invitational hosted by the University of Hawai’iat Mānoa. This past weekend, two members of […]
"Dough-not" Mess With the Equestrian Team After Another Successful Krispy Kreme Fundraiser
UBC TSC Equestrian Team has just finished their third successful Krispy Kreme fundraiser last Wednesday. We sold another hundred dozen doughnuts outside of the UBC bookstore. Over the course of four months we have sold over 4,000 doughnuts! The long day and rainy weather made for a great team bonding experience in preparation for the […]