Daniel Loban (at right) celebrates his silver medal at the Kamloops 2018 B.C. Winter Games on Feb. 23. Kelowna’s Xander Appels, at left, won the bronze.Kristi Patton/Black Press

Daniel Loban (at right) celebrates his silver medal at the Kamloops 2018 B.C. Winter Games on Feb. 23. Kelowna’s Xander Appels, at left, won the bronze.Kristi Patton/Black Press

Kelowna, Lake Country boarders hit B.C. Games podium

At the Kamloops BC Games, Big White boarders Central Okanagan boarders win medals

  • Feb. 24, 2018 12:00 a.m.

Snowboarders from Lake Country and Kelowna walked away with medals at the Kamloops 2018 B.C. Winter Games on the first day of competition.

Daniel Loban, from Lake Country, took a silver medal and Xander Appels, from Kelowna won bronze in the male snowboard cross. North Vancouver’s Zakk Harman won the gold.

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“I’m pretty stoked. I made a slip up in the finals but I still came away with silver, other than that I was flawless through qualifications,” said Loban about finishing in second. “At the end of the day I got a silver medal and I am not mad about it.”

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