Category: Freeskiing
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Voss, Norway- (10 March 2013) - An eighth place finish in the slopestyle event marks another strong performance for up and coming skier Beau-James Wells, and the best result for the...
Voss, Norway (9 March 2013) - It was a beautiful sunny day in Voss, Norway for the FIS Freestyle World Championships Slopestyle qualifying. Beau-James Wells loves to ski.
Vinterpark, Norway (4 March 2013) - Competition is underway for the New Zealand Freeski team at their pinnacle event of the season.
Taos, New Mexico (4 March 2013) - Wanaka skier Sam Lee has made a welcome return to competition placing seventh at the 2013 Salomon Extreme Freeride Championships in New Mexico.
Kirkwood, California- (28 February 2013) – New Zealand’s Charlie Lyons has claimed his first podium spot on the Freeride World Tour, taking out third place at Kirkwood Mountain Resort’s big mountain...
Wanaka, New Zealand (21 February 2013) - The New Zealand Freeski Team members are looking good for some more top-end results going into their pinnacle event of the season: the FIS...
Extreme Park Rosa Khutor, Russia- (16 February 2013) – An encouraging fourth place at the FIS World Cup halfpipe contest in Russia has signalled that Wanaka’s Byron Wells is back on...
In a few days' time, Rosa Khutor, the host mountain for all alpine events of the 2014 Sochi Olympics will bear witness to its first ever freeskiing halfpipe competiton, the...
Sochi, Russia (15 February 2013) - One year out from the Winter Olympic Games and the NZ Park & Pipe team is in Sochi, Russia testing the courses and sampling some...
Kiwis are making their mark on the big mountain stage in 2013.
Silvaplana, Corvatsch, Switzerland (8 February 2013) – Anna Wilcox-Silfverberg (Auckland) has recorded a personal best result, placing 10th in the ladies’ event at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Freestyle Slopestyle World Cup Corvatsch...
Silvaplana, Corvatsch, Switzerland (7 February 2013).
Park City, Utah (31 January 2013) - A career-best performance from Wanaka’s Beau-James Wells saw him rewarded with a spot in the finals at today’s Sprint U. S.
As New Zealand’s elite skiers and snowboarders continue their journey towards Olympic qualification, the next generation of star athletes is also making waves on the world stage.
Leogang, Austria - 30 January 2013 – It has been a busy few weeks for the New Zealand Ski Race team with races in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and Slovenija.
Aspen, Colorado (24 January 2013) - The ESPN X Games 2013 kicked off today at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen with the men’s Skiing SuperPipe elimination round.
Courmayeur, Italy (22 January 2012) – At the second stop of the SWATCH FREERIDE WORLD TOUR 2013 BY THE NORTH FACE® (FWT), the international field of elite athletes threw down a spectacular show...
REVELSTOKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA – January 12, 2013 – The first stop of the SWATCH FREERIDE WORLD TOUR BY THE NORTH FACE® 2013 (FWT) concluded today.
Copper Mountain, Colorado (12 January 2013) – The Snow Sports New Zealand Park and Pipe Freeski and Snowboard team has opened its competition year for 2013 at an International Ski Federation...
Copper Mountain, Colorado (10 January 2013) – Day two of the Sprint US Grand Prix at Copper Mountain, Colorado saw New Zealanders compete in the men’s freeski slopestyle and snowboard halfpipe...