Category: Snowboarding
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Day One of the K2-Queenstown Resort College North Island Secondary Schools Snowboard Competition saw some stellar riding in the Park and on the Giant Slalom course.
Lake Wanaka, New Zealand (19 September 2014) Seven New Zealand athletes were in action at Cardrona Alpine Resort yesterday for the slopestyle finals of the 3rd annual Burton High Fives presented by MINI....
Burlington, VT (August 26, 2014) – Today Burton Snowboards announced the list of top invited riders confirmed to attend the 3rd annual High Fives presented by MINI, including Mark McMorris (CAN), Stale...
New Zealand snowboarders Carlos Garcia Knight (Christchurch) and JJ Rayward (Nelson) had a successful day of competition today, both making the podium at the Tric Slopestyle competition held at The...
Snowboarder Christy Prior has taken out second place at The Mile High by Carlton Dry at Perisher in Australia.
Snow Sports New Zealand is pleased to announce the selection of its National Freeski and Snowboard Teams and Development Squads.
Snow Sports New Zealand and Cardrona Alpine Resort Limited have signed a Partnership Agreement which will see Cardrona become an official resort partner of Snow Sports NZ, the naming rights...
Following para-snowboard's spectacular debut at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, IPC Alpine Skiing has announced that it is looking to introduce a new discipline for the 2014/2015 season and...
Keystone, USA –(6 April 2014) – New Zealand snowboarder Christy Prior has won the Community Cup Slopestyle event at Keystone resort in the US also picking up awards for best method...
Ischgl, Austria –(3 April 2014) – New Zealand snowboarder Sam Christie has qualified in first place in slopestyle at the 2014 VÖLKL World Rookie Finals in Austria.
Valmalenco, Italy- (3 April 2014) – The 2014 FIS Freeski and Snowboard Junior World Championships is a wrap, the New Zealand team having achieved a podium result in each sport.
Copper Mountain, USA (2 April 2014) - Kiwi snowboarder Freeman Andrews (Tauranga) has claimed first place in halfpipe at the USA Snowboard Association National Champs in Colorado.
Valmalenco, Italy (26 March 2014) - The New Zealand solidified its 2014 Junior World Championships campaign in excellent fashion today with a podium for 15 year-old Lyon Farrell who finished second...
Valmalenco, Italy (25 March 2014) - The FIS World Junior Freeski & Snowboard Championships are underway in Valmalenco, Italy with the New Zealand contingent off to a strong start.
Following a challenging season due to difficult snow and weather conditions all over the northern hemisphere, the SWATCH FREERIDE WORLD TOUR BY THE NORTH FACE® (FWT) now heads to Verbier, Switzerland,...
Snowboarding makes its Winter Paralympic debut in Sochi tonight and New Zealand's Carl Murphy will be in the hunt for a medal. Watch him live on atttitudelive.
Sochi, Russia (14 March 2014) – Snowboarding made its Paralympic Winter Games debut in Sochi this evening with New Zealander Carl Murphy proud to be a part of the historic...
Sochi, Russia- (24 February 2014 ) – As the symbolic Olympic torch that has burned for 17 days in the Black Sea resort town of Sochi is extinguished this morning (NZT),...
Snow Sports NZ staff and athletes were deeply saddened today to hear of the tragic loss of young snowboarder Hamish Bagley.
Sochi, Russia- (11 February 2014) Tough conditions in the halfpipe are not phasing Vancouver Olympian Bex Sinclair as she prepares for competition in the women’s snowboard halfpipe tonight (NZT 2300h) in...