Snow Sports New Zealand - Latest News [Page 2]
World Champs Finish on a High, Slalom Bronze for Adam Hall
Wednesday, 1 February 2017, 11:51 am | Snow Sports New Zealand
Tarvisio, Italy (31 January 2017) – The Para Alpine Skiing World Championships have finished on a high for the New Zealand team with Adam Hall earning a bronze medal in Slalom on the final day of racing in the Italian resort of Tarvisio. The ... More >>
Finn Bilous Sixth at World Cup Finals
Monday, 30 January 2017, 9:53 am | Snow Sports New Zealand
Seiser Alm, Italy (28 January 2017) – Cardrona NZ Park & Pipe team members have been in action at the snowboard and freeski slopestyle World Cup in Seiser Alm, Italy this weekend. Wanaka athletes Finn Bilous and Jackson Wells made it through ... More >>
Second Silver Medal for Corey Peters at World Champs
Friday, 27 January 2017, 12:03 pm | Snow Sports New Zealand
Tarvisio, Italy (26 January 2017) – NZ Para alpine skier Corey Peters (New Plymouth) has finished in the medals at the World Championships in Italy for the second time in two days. Peters earned the silver medal in Super-G, to match his silver medal ... More >>
NZ Snowboarder Ready for Another World Cup Final
Thursday, 26 January 2017, 1:18 pm | Snow Sports New Zealand
Seiser Alm, Italy (25 January 2017) – With the 2016-17 Slopestyle World Cup season now in full swing, the Cardrona NZ Park and Pipe team has travelled to the South Tyrolean resort of Seiser Alm for the tour’s third event. The snowboarders were ... More >>
Cardrona NZ Para Alpine Ski Team Prepare for World Champs
Tuesday, 24 January 2017, 11:52 am | Snow Sports New Zealand
Tarvisio, Italy (23 January 2017) – More than 100 of the world’s best skiers from 30 countries have arrived in Tarvisio, Italy, for the 2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships which began with the Opening Ceremony on Sunday (22 January). ... More >>
Gold for Adam Hall at First Races of the Season
Thursday, 5 January 2017, 3:26 pm | Snow Sports New Zealand
Winter Park, USA (4 January 2017) – New Zealand Para alpine skier Adam Hall (Wanaka) has started his 2017 season off with a win in Slalom at the International Paralympic Committee Alpine Skiing (IPCAS) races in the USA. More >>
Podiums for Adam Barwood & Jamie Prebble
Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 12:58 pm | Snow Sports New Zealand
Lake Wanaka, New Zealand (24 November 2015) – The first ski races of the northern hemisphere season are underway and NZ athletes are already making their presence felt against strong international fields. Ski cross racer Jamie Prebble (Christchurch) ... More >>
Cardrona NZ Junior Freeski and Snowboard Nationals
Saturday, 10 October 2015, 12:27 pm | Snow Sports New Zealand
Competitors in the Cardrona NZ Freeski & Snowboard Junior National Champs enjoyed fine spring conditions for their third day of competition today. The week-long event has attracted over 200 competitors aged five to 18 from throughout New Zealand as ... More >>
Snow Sports NZ Annual Award Nominees Announced
Monday, 28 September 2015, 5:20 pm | Snow Sports New Zealand
Lake Wanaka, New Zealand (28 September 2015) – Snow Sports NZ is pleased to announce the nominees for its Annual Awards: Instructor of the Year Blair Davidson Campbell Mason Gaz Smith More >>
Junior Ski Racers Enjoy World-Class Training
Monday, 3 August 2015, 5:19 pm | Snow Sports New Zealand
Queenstown, New Zealand (31 July 2015) – ‘Advancement- Enhancement-Progression-Evaluation’ was the vision behind the recent Snow Sports NZ Alpine development camp run under the guidance of World Cup Alpine Ski Coach, Chris Knight and Snow Sports NZ Alpine ... More >>
Young Freeskiers and Snowboarders Take Competition
Sunday, 26 July 2015, 10:33 am | Snow Sports New Zealand
Lake Wanaka, New Zealand (25 July 2015) – Cardrona Alpine Resort’s world-class slopestyle course provided a testing ground for New Zealand’s up and coming freeski and snowboard athletes today as they competed in the International Ski Federation ... More >>
Adaptive Snowsports Team Sponsorship Agreement Signed
Wednesday, 17 June 2015, 11:16 am | Snow Sports New Zealand
Lake Wanaka, New Zealand (17 June 2015) –Under a newly signed agreement with Snow Sports NZ, Cardrona Alpine Resorts Limited has become the naming rights sponsor of the NZ Adaptive Ski and Snowboard Teams More >>
Auckland Secondary School Snow Sports Champs
Thursday, 11 June 2015, 9:21 pm | Snow Sports New Zealand
Auckland, New Zealand (11 June 2015) – Two hundred secondary school students took to the indoor slopes at Auckland’s Snowplanet today to contest the College Sport Auckland Secondary Schools Ski and Snowboard Championships. With a unique opportunity ... More >>
Wanaka Winter Challenge
Wednesday, 10 June 2015, 9:27 pm | Snow Sports New Zealand
In our NZ sports community there are a large number of athletes who have run marathons, coast to coasted, cycled more K's than most of us can count but very few have skied a marathon. More >>
Freeski Open of New Zealand 2015 Dates Announced
Tuesday, 2 June 2015, 2:18 pm | Snow Sports New Zealand
Lake Wanaka, New Zealand –(2 June 2015) – The North Face® Freeski Open of New Zealand is back for 2015, once again putting its own spin on freeski competition with a unique combo of events. Park and pipe events kick off from 6-10 August at ... More >>
Cardrona NZ Park & Pipe Team Close Out Strong Season
Wednesday, 15 April 2015, 3:20 pm | Snow Sports New Zealand
Cardrona NZ Park & Pipe Team Close Out Strong Season with Podium for Byron Wells at AFP Finals More >>
NZ Athletes Victorious at Whistler Cup
Wednesday, 8 April 2015, 1:10 pm | Snow Sports New Zealand
Whistler, Canada (6 April 2015) – The Mackenzie Investments Whistler Cup took place in Canada over the Easter weekend with 11 New Zealand alpine ski racers taking on 420 athletes from 26 countries and coming away with some impressive results. Queenstown’s ... More >>
Beau-James Wells Defends Junior World Title
Tuesday, 31 March 2015, 12:57 pm | Snow Sports New Zealand
Valmalenco, Italy (30 March 2015) – Cardrona NZ freeskier Beau-James Wells (Wanaka) has defended his Junior World title, taking first place in halfpipe at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Freestyle Skiing Junior World Championships in Italy overnight. More >>
Jossi Wells Back on Form with a Win at European Freeski Open
Sunday, 22 March 2015, 1:19 pm | Snow Sports New Zealand
Laax, Switzerland (21 March 2015) – NZ Freeskier Jossi Wells (Wanaka) has overcome major injury to win the European Freeski Open (EFO) slopestyle in Laax, Switzerland against a stacked field of 109 men which included some of the world’s best freeskiers. More >>
Successful World Cup Debut for NZ Snowboarder
Monday, 16 March 2015, 1:19 pm | Snow Sports New Zealand
Veysonnaz, Switzerland (16 March 2015) – Up and coming New Zealand snowboarder Duncan Campbell (Queenstown) has made a successful World Cup debut finishing 10th in men’s snowboardcross at the first race of the FIS Snowboard Cross World Cup ... More >>