Hemi Meikle is a member of the New Zealand Alpine Development Ski Team
Hemi started skiing when he was one and half years old in Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan. He started off with just all mountain skiing and then when Hemi was six years old he joined a local racing team in Niseko and started to get into ski racing. The first season he spent in New Zealand was when he was 11 years old.
His most memorable skiing moment was competing in the Youth Olympics in Korea where he got to meet athletes his age from all over the world and compete against them which was a very cool experience.
Hemi's goals in skiing are to represent New Zealand at World Cup level and at the Winter Olympics and be able to compete against the best skiers in the world.
