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Wanaka, New Zealand – 1 August 2010 – The New Zealand Men’s and Women’s teams had their first taste of the Southern Hemisphere racing season this week as the four-day Wanaka Tech Series concluded at Treble Cone Saturday with another impressive performance by Queenstown’s Adam Barwood and a New Zealand sweep of the women’s podium in the series’ final slalom races...

Lake Wanaka, New Zealand (29 July 2010)–Lucie Tait-Jamieson (Auckland), Alexandra McGlinn (Christchurch) and Taylor Rapley (Queenstown) had a great start to their southern hemisphere racing season yesterday, placing first (1’24.81), second (1’25.27) and third (1’25.53) respectively in the women’s FIS slalom races at Cardrona Alpine Resort...

Exstreamtv Street Style Snow Show Aug 7th 2010, Lake Hawea - Be there to watch the world’s leading snow athletes rip it up, and then rock into the Afterburner party...

LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (27 July, 2010) - With just over a month to go until the FIS Snowboard and Freestyle Junior World Championships kick off in Lake Wanaka, New Zealand, over 200 of the world’s best elite junior athletes from the national teams of 16 countries have already signed up with many more predicted...

Winter is in full swing in the Southern Hemisphere and riders from around the globe are making the journey to Lake Wanaka, New Zealand for the 2010 Burton New Zealand Open. A 5Star event on the Swatch TTR World Tour, the New Zealand Open is set to take place 10-14 August, 2010 at Cardrona Alpine Resort and will feature halfpipe and slopestyle formats. This will be the second 5Star event of the 10/11 TTR Tour season giving riders another chance to collect some early season points before winter returns to the Northern Hemisphere...

Join us for an evening of entertainment including a preview of “WINTER OF WELLS” on the big screen, music, dancing and generally celebrating the magnificent achievements ofJossi Wells, our Wanaka WORLD CHAMPION FREESKIER 2010...

Lake Wanaka, NZ (25 July 2010) - Treble Cone’s Mainstreet piste was the stage for young ski racers to test their skills and determination in an epic ski race that saw competitors from around the southern region compete for bragging rights, medals and prizes in Round 2 of the 2010 Dynastar Lange Junior Interfields Ski Race Series...

LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (July 25, 2010) – A wide range of abilities were on display at the Summit Saddle Freeride Challenge as over sixty skiers and snowboarders battled is out on the steep faces and rock gardens beneath the Saddle Quad Chairlift of Treble Cone yesterday...

LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (July 24, 2010) – A record field of 85 competitors turned out for the return of the NZ Snowboarder Banked Slalom yesterday at Treble Cone, to take on the challenging course and tough visibility conditions...

Lake, Wanaka, NZ (22 July 2010) - Each year, skiers and boarders with disabilities from around the country come together at the Adaptive Snowsports Festival to celebrate life, freedom and the joys of snowsports, to improve their skills, and to compete...

Lake Wanaka, NZ (20 July 2010) - In less than two weeks, many of the world’s top skiers and snowboarders will converge on Wanaka, New Zealand to participate in the return of the legendary World Heli Challenge. Athletes from eight countries will be represented including Travis Rice, arguably one if not the rider leading the charge as snowboarding’s progression continues to skyrocket...

Lake Wanaka, NZ (20 July 2010) - Snow Sports New Zealand today announced the roll out of a snowboard and freeski national series.The series includes a select group of events at various resorts throughout New Zealand and targets freeskiers and snowboarders aged 16 and under...

15 July 2010 – Snow Sports New Zealand today formally announced its ‘Patrons & Friends of Snow Sports’ programme, through which individuals and businesses can make charitable contributions to support aspiring snow sports athletes.

With just four weeks to go the eighth annual Burton NZ Open, which has become one of the most prestigious snowboarding events in the country, is gearing up to take Wanaka by storm. The invites are out, and those confirmed to attend so far include defending women’s slopestyle champion Jamie Anderson, and women’s defending halfpipe champion Kelly Clark, both of USA...

The world famous World Heli Challenge was resurrected in 2009 and returns this year from 30 July to 8 August, this time bringing back the legendary “big air” event that in its time drew some of the largest spectator crowds of any snow event in the Southern Hemisphere...

Snow Sports New Zealand – Alpine today announced selections to the 2010-2011 New Zealand Ski Team.Invitations to be a part of the team were sent to 10 Men and eight Women Alpine athletes who had met the New Zealand Ski Team criteria...

KA, New Zealand – 6 July 2010 – Snow Sports New Zealand Board Chair Rick Pettit announced today that the National Sporting Organisation has appointed two new directors to its board.Auckland investment banker and ski industry veteran Anthony (Tony) Hannon, and Christchurch-based business owner and snowboard industry heavyweight Guy Alty were selected from a list of more than 20 applicants for the two new seats...

It’s the biggest event on the junior snow sports global calendar and Lake Wanaka is hosting the FIS Snowboard and Freestyle Junior World Championships. The world’s top junior freeskiers and snowboarders will take part in a spectacular display of junior sport at its best featuring over 400 young athletes from over 20 countries...

Voting for the AMP Scholarship People's Choice Award is now openThis year, Kiwis get the chance to vote for other Kiwis in the People’s Choice Award...

The New Zealand Snowboard Union (NZSBU) this week announced its 2010 National Team and Development Squad.The 40-member NZSBU team represents the pinnacle of New Zealand snowboarding today and embodies all areas of snowboarding from Olympians, World Cup Medallists, TTR World Tour Competitors, magazine and movie stars to future hopefuls – a true representation of the sport...

Wanaka, NZ (29 June 2010) - After the best season in the history of NZ freeskiing it comes as no surprise that when the 2010 freeski teams were announced, all six existing national team members remained at the helm...

In a year that was filled with success across all of the sports and disciplines that make up Snow Sports, two athletes stood above the others, Paralympic Gold Medallist, Adam Hall and Overall World Freeski Champion, Jossi Wells and they shared in the glory last night with both being named Snow Sports Athlete of the Year...

Snow Sports New Zealand is calling for submissions from those interested in representing New Zealand in Skier X at the FIS Junior World Championships...

Snow Sports New Zealand announced today that its new constitution has officially been registered with the Incorporated Societies Register, finalising integration of all five member snow sports into Snow Sports New Zealand...

The Pisa Alpine Charitable Trust has negotiated an agreement with the Lee family to purchase the Snow Farm land and business subject to raising funds to cover the agreed price. There will be no change to the current ownership or business management during the current season.

Tickets Still Available But Act Quickly as the Dinner is Nearly Sold OutWith so many achievements by New Zealand’s elite and up and coming athletes over the past year, the bar continues to be raised. Multiple athletes across several codes are now ranked amongst the top five in the world in their respective disciplines...

Ski Halfpipe Proposal Goes to IOCWANAKA, New Zealand (4 June 2010) – A Snow Sports New Zealand proposal to make snowboard slopestyle a World Championship sport was unanimously approved at the recently concluded International Ski Federation biennial Congress in Antalya, Turkey...

(Wanaka, New Zealand – 16 June 2010) – The Freeski Association of New Zealand in conjunction with Snow Sports News Zealand is proud to once again stage the Volkl NZ Freeski Open taking place from 5 August to 21 August, 2010...

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Wanaka, NZ (1 June 2010) - 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games (WGNZ) has scooped its second award in as many months. Last week, media manager, Victoria Murray-Orr, collected the award for Special Event category at the Public Relations Institute of New Zealand's (PRiNZ) annual awards.

Skier Adam Hall made history Friday night when he became the first Paralympian to be named the Otago sportsperson of the year...

Lake Wanaka, New Zealand (May 18, 2010) - The Burton New Zealand Snowboard Open (NZO) is pleased to announce that the 2010 event will again be hosted at Cardrona Alpine Resort in the Cardrona Valley of Wanaka NZ from August 10-14, 2010...

Wanaka, New Zealand (13 May 2010) – The New Zealand Snowboard Union (NZSBU) is excited to announce the launch of their new website...

Venue change for Alpine Racing Snowboard EventsWanaka, New Zealand (10 May 2010) – Snow Sports New Zealand today announced the launch of a dedicated website for the upcoming FIS Freestyle and Snowboard Junior World Championships, scheduled for late August...

LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (April 27, 2010) - 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games has received recognition from Sports and Recreation New Zealand (SPARC) with the Event Excellence Award...

Wanaka, New Zealand (27 April 2010) - Having already been named the 2010 Overall World Freeskiing Champion, Wanaka’s Jossi Wells has added the 2010 AFP Superpipe Title to his belt...

Snow Sports 2010 Events Calendar...

Copper Mountain, Colorado (10 April 2010) – Carl Murphy has been on fire throughout his whirlwind Northern Hemisphere campaign, finishing the season with two golds at the USASA National Championships, one in slalom and the other in giant slalom; a silver in snowboard cross at the WSF Adaptive Snowboard World Cup in Mont Tremblant Canada; fourth place in snowboard cross at a World Cup race in Copper Mountain, and a silver in an able-bodied race at Crested Butte in Colorado...

Wanaka, NZ (10 April 2010) - Olympic snowboarder Rebecca Sinclair, Queenstown ski racer Adam Barwood and longtime Wanaka snowboard coach Rachel Newton each captured top honours at the Trail Journeys Central Otago Sports Awards in Alexandra Friday night...

Wanaka, New Zealand (6 April 2010) - Wanaka’s Jossi Wells will be crowned the Association of Freeski Professionals (AFP) 2009-2010 Overall World Champion, marking the first time a Kiwi freeskier has finished the season ranked No. 1 in the world...

(Whistler, BC – March 22, 2010) Representatives from sport organisations in ten countries met on Friday evening to discuss the future of adaptive snowboarding and its potential addition to the program of the Paralympic Winter Games...

Stratton Mountain Resort, Vermont (20 March 2010) – Ohakune’s Shelly Gotlieb stomped her final run at the biggest open snowboarding event in the world, the U.S. Burton Open, taking second in the women’s slopestyle...

Adam Hall’s Dream of Taking Gold at the Paralympic Games Becomes RealityWanaka-based and Outram-raised Adam Hall's long-held dream of winning gold became a reality today at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympic Games, despite taking a tumble a third of the way down the course and looking like the medal had passed him by...

Vancouver, Canada (28 February 2010) - The New Zealand Olympic campaign has drawn to a close with a commitment from the athletes, coaches and the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) to continue to strengthen winter sports in New Zealand...

WANAKA, New Zealand – 12 February 2010 -- Snow Sports New Zealand announced today that all three Wanaka-area ski fields will share the spotlight for this August’s 2010 FIS Snowboard & Freestyle Junior World Championships...

Snow Sports New Zealand announced today that the International Ski Federation (FIS) has awarded the 2010 Snowboard and Freestyle Junior World Championships to New Zealand.