Freeskiing

Some of the world’s best freeskiers are home-grown in New Zealand. Our resorts have world-class terrain parks and halfpipes, and our steep backcountry terrain suits the adventurous Kiwi psyche. This, combined with our desire to win, leads to Kiwis landing on freeskiing podiums all around the globe. Snow Sports NZ support freeski athletes, here’s how…

New Zealand freeskiers have earned a strong reputation on the international stage. With our big mountain heritage, the park and pipe disciplines perfectly match our innovative and fearless spirit.

Trailblazers like Hamish Acland and Geoff Small paved the way, and today names such as Jossi Wells, Sam Smoothy and Nico Porteous are synonymous with freeskiing excellence. The sport reached new heights when freeskiing debuted as an official Olympic event at the Sochi Winter Games in 2014, where Snow Sports NZ athletes proudly represented Aotearoa.

Freeskiers in NZ enjoy world-class park and pipe facilities and full support from Cardrona Alpine Resort. The resort gets behind youth competition by hosting the Cardrona NZ Freeski & Snowboard Junior Nationals each year.

Rules / Criteria / Resources

Development

National Series

2026 Information Coming Soon!

High Performance Pathway

The purpose of Peak Respect Snow-Pact is to set the standards of behaviours required by all people involved in Snow Sports NZ sanctioned events to create a safe, fun and respectful competition environment. This will protect our people, our reputation and ensure that Snow Sports NZ complies with our legislative requirements around safeguarding and health and safety.  

Sport Integrity
​​​​​​​Commission

Snow Sports NZ is committed to clean, fair sport. We believe in protecting the health of our athletes, the integrity of our sport and the spirit of clean competition in which the best succeed. We work in collaboration with the Sport Integrity Commission Te Kahu Raunui (the Commission – formerly Drug Free Sport New Zealand)