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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.
Fifteen-year-old freeski halfpipe athlete Nico Porteous is set to become New Zealand's youngest Winter Olympian next February as he joins his brother Miguel (18, freeski halfpipe) as one of the...
The Snow Sports NZ Junior Ski & Snowboard National Championships took place at Cardrona Alpine Resort near Wanaka, NZ from 3-6 October 2017.
Lake Wanaka, New Zealand (6 October 2017) – The final day of competition in the 2017 Snow Sports NZ Junior Ski and Snowboard National Championships wrapped up at Cardrona Alpine...
With FIS points, World Rookie Tour and national titles all up for the grabs, there was plenty to play for in the Smith Ski and Snowboard Slopestyle on day three of the Snow Sports NZ Junior Ski and Snowboard National Championships at Cardrona Alpine Resort today.
Junior Nationals continues tomorrow at Cardrona Alpine Resort, NZ with the SMITH NZ Ski and Snowboard Slopestyle. The schedule is: Lil Bucks Slopestyle 8:30am - Lifts Open 8.
The Salomon Ski & Snowboard Halfpipe and Buff Headwear Dual Giant Slalom were on the schedule at Cardrona Alpine Resort today for day two of the Snow Sports NZ Junior Ski and Snowboard National Championships.
The Snow Sports NZ Junior Ski and Snowboard National Championships got underway at Cardrona today with over 200 competitors aged five to 18 competing in the Buff Headwear Snowboard Dual Giant Slalom, Salomon Boarder-cross and K2 Skis Freeride.