Ethan de Rose was studying for his year 13 exams when he got a message from his mum, saying he’d been selected for the New Zealand Winter Youth Olympic Games team.

New Zealand ski racer Alice Robinson has started her 2019/20 season on a high, winning the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup Giant Slalom in Sölden, Austria.

Biathlon athlete Campbell Wright has been named to the New Zealand Team for the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games.

A showdown in the Big Bucks Park was the perfect way to round out the competition season for NZ’s best young freeskiers and snowboarders.

Junior Freestyle Nationals Gustav Legnavsky (Wanaka) and Ruby Andrews (Queenstown) achieved podium finishes.

The Snow Sports NZ Junior Freestyle Nationals wrapped up at Cardrona Alpine Resort today with U14 – U18 skiers and snowboarders throwing down in the 22ft Olympic halfpipe.

Day two at the 2019 Snow Sports NZ Junior Freestyle Nationals at Cardrona Alpine Resort saw ski competitors taking on the K2 Freeride while snowboarders raced the gravity cross course in the Smith Snowboard Cross.

Opening day at the 2019 Snow Sports NZ Junior Freestyle Nationals saw competitors in Under-8 through Under-18 age categories enjoying the K2 Skier Cross and Smith Snowboard Freeride at Cardrona

The Snow Sports NZ Annual Awards Night were held at the Lake Wanaka Centre this evening. Snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (Wanaka) was awarded the title of Overall Athlete of the Year.

Mikayla Smyth and Alex Jackson carried their winning form from day one’s Slalom to deliver winning runs in the Super-G and Giant Slalom