New Zealand (August 25, 2010) – New Zealand Olympic snowboarder Rebecca Sinclair overcame injury and doubt to land in second place today in the women’s halfpipe competition in the FIS Freestyle and Snowboard Junior World Championships at Cardrona Alpine Resort. Competing in a 22-foot halfpipe when healthy is challenging enough, so for Wanaka’s... [Read the rest of this post]

All the girls with big smiles at the Burton Snowboards Camp New Zealand champion and Burton Team rider, Shelley Gotlieb, joined 38 girls at The Remarkables last Sunday (22 August) enjoying an Arcadia champagne breakfast together before heading out for the day on the Burton Snowbroads Girls’ camp. The Remarkables Ski Area Manager Ross Lawrence said... [Read the rest of this post]

Taku Hiroaka LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (August 24, 2010) – Over 80 young snowboarders today took on the massive 22ft halfpipe at Cardrona in a bid to earn a prized spot in tomorrow’s semi finals and an opportunity to ride for the 2010 Junior World Championship title. Of the 84 athletes, 18 men and nine women, made it through the qualifiers to the... [Read the rest of this post]

Competitors at top of Dirty Dog Terrain Park waiting to drop in at the July Slopestyle event Queenstown’s high-flying Slopestyle action has been rescheduled to take place this Saturday (28 August) at The Remarkables. Following unseasonable weather conditions at the mountain last Saturday (21 August) the decision was made to postpone until this weekend. More... [Read the rest of this post]

Ben Griffin (NZL) who won second place in the Air New Zealand Japanese FIS Southern Cup at Coronet Peak . Photo Michael Thomas New Zealand ski racer Ben Griffin stormed into second place, and the country’s best world ranking position for twenty years, in day one of the Giant Slalom Air New Zealand Japanese FIS Southern Cup race at Coronet Peak today... [Read the rest of this post]