Category: Freeskiing
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Kappl, Austria- (3 February 2014) – New Zealand freeskier Sam Smoothy (Cromwell) has claimed victory at the third stop of the Freeride World Tour in Kappl, Austria.
The Freeride World Tour moves to Austria this weekend for stop three at Fieberbrun Kitzbuheler Alpen.
Chamonix, France- (25 January 2014) – The second stop of the 2014 SWATCH FREERIDE WORLD TOUR BY THE NORTH FACE® (FWT) took place at Chamonix, France on Saturday.
Aspen, USA- (25 January 2014) – Following an intense three days of competition at one of the biggest winter sporting events in the world, Bruce Wells says The X Games have...
Courmayeur Mont Blanc, Italy (23 January 2014) – The SWATCH FREERIDE WORLD TOUR 2014 BY THE NORTH FACE® (FWT) - considered the world’s premier big mountain freeskiing and snowboarding tour -...
Wells Takes First World Cup Gold
11 years ago
Jossi Wells, world cup, slopestyle, Gstaad, Olympic qualifying
Gsaad, Switzerland (18 January 2014) - In a reassuring step towards recovery, New Zealand’s Jossi Wells has won slopestyle gold at the FIS World Cup in Gstaad, Switzerland and secured New...
Breckenridge, USA- (12 January 2014) – Blizzard conditions led to the cancellation of the slopestyle finals at the FIS Freestyle World Cup in Breckenridge on Saturday with today’s halfpipe finals narrowly...
Verbier, Swizerland - (11 January 2014) – New Zealand skier Anna Smoothy (Cromwell) has won a Freeride World Qualifier (FWQ) event in Verbier, Switzerland.
Breckenridge, USA- (9 January 2014) – Solid results achieved by New Zealand’s freeski halfpipe athletes in today’s International Ski Federation (FIS) Freestyle World Cup in Breckenridge will keep their Olympic qualifying...
Breckenridge, USA- (8 January 2014) – The International Ski Federation (FIS) Freestyle World Cup is underway in Breckenridge, Colorado with the world’s best halfpipe and slopestyle freeskiers taking one of their...
Vail, Colorado (5 January 2014) - New Zealand’s up and coming young freeskiers have had a strong showing at the Rocky Mountain Freeski Series in Vail, Colorado.
Copper Mountain, Colorado - (19 December 2013) – New Zealand freeskier Lyndon Sheehan (Wanaka) is through to the final rounds at the International Ski Federation (FIS) World Cup currently taking place...
NZ freeskiing brothers Jossi Wells, Byron Wells and Beau-James Wells talk about their Road to Sochi, growing up with world-class facilities on the door-step and how awesome it is to...
Copper Mountain, Colorado - (18 December 2013) – With Wednesday 18 December marking 50 days until the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, New Zealand’s top...
Breckenridge, Colorado, USA - (14 December 2013) – Beau-James Wells has claimed fifth place in the men’s halfpipe finals at Dew Tour’s iON Mountain Championships in Breckenridge, Colorado.
Copper Mountain, USA - (8 December 2013) – New Zealand freeskiers Janina Kuzma (Wanaka) and Beau-James Wells (Wanaka) have made a solid start to their northern hemisphere season, both qualifying...
5th September 2013 – Queenstown, New Zealand – With fresh snow on the hills, the finals of The North Face® Freeski Open of New Zealand Big Mountain competition got underway...
2nd September 2013 – Queenstown, New Zealand – Clear blue skies were once again the order of the day at The North Face® Freeski Open of New Zealand.
That’s it that’s all. The Black Diamond Big Mountain CHILL Series is done and dusted for another year and the conditions today were simply amazing.
31th August 2013 – Wanaka, New Zealand – The North Face® Freeski Open of New Zealand welcomed competitors to the Olympic halfpipe at Cardrona Alpine Resort today.