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Nico Porteous 3rd in Ski Superpipe, 1st in Team Challenge. Zoi Sadowski-Synnott named Rookie of the Year!
New Zealand's Para Alpine Ski racers have been on medal-winning form at World Para Alpine Ski Races at Park City Resort in the USA.
The Freeride Junior World Championships went off last night (NZT) with 61 of the world’s best young big mountain riders putting on a show in Kappl, Austria.
Nico Porteous has finished fourth in the men’s Ski Superpipe on the final day of competition at X Games Aspen. Saving his best until last, Nico’s fourth run included a trick never before landed in competition, a double cork 1620.
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has finished fifth in the Jeep Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle at X Games Aspen.
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has finished fourth in the X Games Snowboard Big Air in what was the most progressive display of women’s snowboarding ever seen.
Freeskiers Ben Barclay and Luca Harrington, as well as snowboarder Mitch Davern were in action in the big air on the final day of competition at Lausanne 2020.
Luca Harrington has clocked up some massive airtime in the Lausanne 2020 halfpipe to claim a bronze medal at the Winter Youth Olympic Games.
Hank Bilous has finished on the podium at the first stop of the 2020 Freeride World Tour, second behind two-time world champion Drew Tabke.
Freeskier Ruby Andrews has battled through a severe heel injury to place 5th in the halfpipe at the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games.
Alice Robinson has finished fifth at the Giant Slalom World Cup in Italy. It is her fourth top-10 finish at a World Cup this season.
NZ skier Ben Richards has won a Freeride World Qualifier three-star event in Hakuba, Japan in front of a strong contingent of Kiwi supporters.
Alpine ski racer Harrison Messenger recorded a solid time of 1:07.
Alice Robinson and Zoi Sadowski-Synnott are finalists for the 57th ISPS Handa Halberg Awards.
Alpine skier Katie Crawford has overcome injury to place 30th on a difficult Giant Slalom course at the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games.
Claire McGregor has topped the women's snowboard podium at a Freeride World Qualifier four-star event in France in what she describes as "the kiwiest of conditions".
Harrison Messenger competed in the Alpine Combined Slalom while Campbell Wright was in action in the biathlon.
Alpine skier Harrison Messenger has finished 34th in the men’s Super G on day one of the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games.
17-year-old biathlon athlete and cross-country skier Campbell Wright has been named New Zealand Team flagbearer for the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games.
It was medals all round for the NZ team competing at the World Para Alpine Ski races at Winter Park in Colorado today.