Archive: 2017

Martin Toomey has resigned as Chief Executive Officer of Snow Sports NZ having accepted the role of Chief Executive Officer of Winter Games NZ.

Adam Hall has won gold at the last World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup of the year, claiming the fastest overall time in the men’s standing Slalom in Kuhtai, Austria. The result comes off the back of his silver-medal winning performance yesterday.

Para alpine skier Adam Hall is closing out the year on a high note, claiming a silver medal at the World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup Slalom in Kuhtai, Austria.

Ski racer Alice Robinson has earned an impressive win against a strong international field in a Giant Slalom NorAM in Panorama, Canada.

Miguel Porteous has demonstrated that he is in a good place on his build to the PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games in February with a solid performance in the men's Freeski Superpipe Dew Tour finals and a sixth place finish.

The 2017 Winter Dew Tour  got underway in Colorado, USA today with NZ freeskier Miguel Porteous earning himself a spot in the men's freeski superpipe finals. 

There was more bad luck lined up for the 2017 Audi FIS Ski Cross Alps Tour on Tuesday night in Arosa (SUI), as the second competition in a row was forced to be cancelled due to the inclement weather that has been hovering over the Alps for the past week.

The season’s first World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup, with races set to take place in St. Moritz, Switzerland, from 13-16 December, has been cancelled due to bad weather conditions. 

Beau-James Wells has made a promising return to competition following a seven-month-long injury break and has finished sixth at the FIS Ski halfpipe World Cup  in Copper Mountain, USA.

New Zealand freeski halfpipe specialists Beau-James Wells and Nico Porteous  have successfully qualified for finals within a hard-hitting World Cup field in the USA.

16-year-old Queenstown ski racer Alice Robinson has finished second in Giant Slalom, first in the U19 division, at an International Ski Federation (FIS) race at Copper Mountain resort in the USA.

NZ ski racers Adam Barwood and Willis Feasey will be competing in the men's Giant Slalom at the Birds of Prey World Cup in Beaver Creek, USA on Monday morning...

Christy Prior has earned a bronze medal at the Big Air World Cup in Moenchengladbach, Germany, moving her a step closer to her goal of qualifying for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

The FIS Freeski slopestyle World Cup was back to business this weekend at the infamous Stubai Zoo snowpark in Tirol. Jackson Wells qualified fourth in his heat to make the cut to the 16-man final.

Snowboarder Tiarn Collins has secured a career-best result with a second-place finish at the Air+Style Big Air World Cup held in Beijing, China. 

Para snowboarder Carl Murphy is keeping his focus on achieving top results at the Paralympic Winter Games next March following two top 10 results at his first World Cups of the season.

With just under four months to go until the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in South Korea, New Zealand Para athletes are back in race mode for the first events of the Northern Hemisphere season. Para snowboarder Carl Murphy is in Landgraaf, The Netherlands to compete in the World Para Snowboard Europa Cup banked slalom

Freeski brothers Jossi and Byron Wells have been named to the New Zealand 2018 Olympic Winter Games Team.

Snow Sports NZ member Heather Clay recently travelled to Chuncheon-Si in South Korea to attend the Paralympic Winter Sports Development Workshop.

A team of four exceptional Para athletes has been selected by Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) to compete at the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games next March. The team will include a mix of experience and youth headlined by Paralympian Adam Hall who will be attending his fourth Paralympic Games.