Archive: 2013
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Spindleruv-Mlyn, Czech Republic (15 March 2013) - It was one of the more commanding performances from the New Zealand women’s snowboard team in a big field of fifty-six riders from 23...
Fieberbrunn-PillerseeTal, Austria (16 March 2013) – Competition was intense at today’s SWATCH FREERIDE WORLD TOUR 2013 BY THE NORTH FACE® (FWT) at Fieberbrunn-PillerseeTal, Austria.
s the northern hemisphere season starts to wind down, members of the New Zealand Ski Racing team give us a recap from the past month’s racing and training.
Sochi, Russia (12 March 2013) – The 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup Finals in Sochi, Russia - which have also served as a test event for the Paralympic Winter Games...
There’s nothing quite like a New Zealand summer. Long hot days spent enjoying the sunshine and hanging out at the lake.
Voss, Norway- (10 March 2013) - An eighth place finish in the slopestyle event marks another strong performance for up and coming skier Beau-James Wells, and the best result for the...
Voss, Norway (9 March 2013) - It was a beautiful sunny day in Voss, Norway for the FIS Freestyle World Championships Slopestyle qualifying. Beau-James Wells loves to ski.
Sochi, Russia (7 March 2013) – The first of team New Zealand’s two Winter Paralympic test events went exceptionally well yesterday (7 March) with a solid performance by Wanaka adaptive snowboarder...
The New Zealand cross country team comprising Andy Pohl, Nils Koons and Sarah Murphy, has recently competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme, Italy.
Sochi, Russia- (6 March 2013) - The 2014 Paralympic Winter Games will take place in Sochi, Russia from 7 – 16 March 2014 and with only one year to go, New...
Vinterpark, Norway (4 March 2013) - Competition is underway for the New Zealand Freeski team at their pinnacle event of the season.
Taos, New Mexico (4 March 2013) - Wanaka skier Sam Lee has made a welcome return to competition placing seventh at the 2013 Salomon Extreme Freeride Championships in New Mexico.
Kirkwood, California- (28 February 2013) – New Zealand’s Charlie Lyons has claimed his first podium spot on the Freeride World Tour, taking out third place at Kirkwood Mountain Resort’s big mountain...
La Molina, Spain- (27 February 2013) – The New Zealand team has finished on a high at the 2013 International Paralympic Committee Alpine Skiing World Championships in La Molina, Spain.
Wanaka, New Zealand (21 February 2013) - The New Zealand Freeski Team members are looking good for some more top-end results going into their pinnacle event of the season: the FIS...
The 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships were opened in the Sports Centre of Alp, a small village near La Molina, Spain, on Tuesday (19 February).
DAVOS, Switzerland (18 February 2013) – New Zealand cross country skiers, Andrew Pohl (Dunedin) and Nils Koon (Waitati) have put a couple of solid days’ racing under their belts ahead of...
SCHLADMING, Austria (18 February 2013) - The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships have given the New Zealand Ski Racing Team a memorable experience.
Extreme Park Rosa Khutor, Russia- (16 February 2013) – An encouraging fourth place at the FIS World Cup halfpipe contest in Russia has signalled that Wanaka’s Byron Wells is back on...
In a few days' time, Rosa Khutor, the host mountain for all alpine events of the 2014 Sochi Olympics will bear witness to its first ever freeskiing halfpipe competiton, the...