Archive: 2025
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Snow Sports NZ is excited to announce the team set to represent New Zealand at the inaugural FIS Freeride World Championships in Ordino Arcalís, Andorra from 1 - 6 February...
Freeski Slopestyle and Big Air athlete Luca Harrington has been crowned the 2025 Snow Sports NZ Athlete of the Year at the Snow Sports NZ Annual Awards Night held tonight...
Written by Mari Henderson Mt Olympus Backing up the momentum from last year’s camp, the 2025 Mt Olympus Gritt Camp kicked off strong.
The 2025 Cardrona NZ Freestyle Nationals marked the end of a fantastic NZ competition season. With a huge programme boasting four days of age division competition and six international Australia New Zealand Cup (ANC) events, there was plenty of awesome snow sports action going down at Cardrona last week.
Eight athletes have been conditionally selected to represent the New Zealand Team at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, subject to the NZOC receiving a quota for each event.
Snow Sports NZ is excited to announce the nominees for the 2025 Snow Sports NZ Annual Awards Night.
New Zealand ski racing superstar Alice Robinson (Queenstown, 23) has been crowned the 2025 New Zealand Giant Slalom National Champion on home snow at Coronet Peak for the third year...
Alec Jackson (Tutukaka, 20) has retained his NZ National Slalom title and Isabel Watterson (Wānaka, 16) has claimed her career first FIS level national title today at the New Zealand...
Day two of The North Face Frontier delivered more high-octane action at The Remarkables Ski Area today as a packed field of 110 hard-charging skiers and snowboarders competed in the...
The 2026 season of The Freeride World Tour Qualifier got underway on New Zealand snow today, with The Remarkables Ski Area once again providing the venue for The North Face...
Snow Sports NZ is excited to announce the launch of their brand-new Mountain Women | Hine Tāpuhipuhi website aimed at supporting the development of female snow sports athletes.
Two-time Winter Olympic Games medallist Nico Porteous has announced he’s stepping back from Olympic competition and will no longer compete in freeski halfpipe.
Finley Melville Ives (Wānaka, 18) has put down one of the most explosive freeski halfpipe runs in history to claim the 2025 FIS Men’s Freeski Halfpipe World Championship title, a phenomenal feat at his debut World Championships.
Luca Harrington (Wānaka, 21) has been crowned the 2025 FIS Freeski Big Air World Champion. This is the first time a Kiwi freeskier has won the Freeski Big Air World Championships and also marks Harrington’s first World Championship title, another history defining moment for the Wānaka freeskier.
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (Wānaka, 24) has been crowned the 2025 FIS Snowboard Slopestyle World Champion in Corvatsch, Switzerland overnight NZT.
Ruby Star Andrews (Queenstown, 20) has claimed the third World Cup podium of her career, finishing in third place at the FIS Freeski Slopestyle World Cup held in France overnight...
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (Wānaka, 24) will be bringing home her career first FIS Snowboard Slopestyle Crystal Globe after taking the win at the final Slopestyle World Cup of the 2025 season...
Luca Harrington (Wānaka, 21) has made New Zealand freeski history in France this morning, winning the 2025 FIS Freeski Big Air Crystal Globe as the top athlete on the 2025...
Alice Robinson (Queenstown, 23) has continued her exceptional podium streak, claiming her career 17th and seventh consecutive Giant Slalom World Cup podium with a second place finish at the FIS...
Corey Peters (New Plymouth) has finished in third place at the FIS Para Alpine Super G World Cup held in Italy overnight NZT.