the 1996 world ski & snowboard festival included the 2nd world technical skiing championships, world masters alpine open, westbeach snowboard classic, whistler cup, couloir extreme race and a ski industry symposium. subsequent festivals expanded to include the whistler concert series, world skiing invitational, world snowboarding invitational, world snowboarding championship, kokanee boardercross, salomon skiercross, pro photographer showdown, filmmaker showdown, brave art, state of the art, fashion exposed, multiplicity, intersection and many others.