Thredbo is playing host to the Australia & New Zealand Cup (ANC) this week, as Big Air kicked off the schedule on Wednesday, with Slopestyle set to close out the event on Thursday.
Standing at the top of Perisher’s front valley slopestyle park, we caught up with sixteen year old Winter Olympian Indra Brown to see what she has been up to six months on from her Milano Cortina Olympic Games debut.
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Athletes of Snow Australia’s Emerging Talent Program (ETP) will take over the National Snowsports Training Centre (NSTC) in Jindabyne this weekend, as the cohort of athletes comes together for the annual launch camp.
Australia’s park and pipe program delivered a standout 2025/26 season, highlighted by an Olympic medal, X Games success and Junior World Championships podiums, alongside strong World Cup performances across both snowboard and freeski.
Teenage ski sensation Indra Brown has capped off her debut World Cup season with an impressive second‑place overall ranking, following a sixth‑place finish at the final event in Silvaplana, Switzerland.
Valentino Guseli claimed his fifth podium of the season at the Snowboard Halfpipe World Cup final in Silvaplana, Switzerland, with a silver medal performance, capping an impressive comeback season after missing the previous year through injury.
Australia’s next generation of park and pipe athletes delivered a series of standout performances at the 2026 Park & Pipe Junior World Championships in Calgary, with one gold and two bronze medals highlighting a strong week of competition from 27 February to 7 March.
Australia’s Indra Brown stormed to Freeski Halfpipe victory at the FIS Park and Pipe Junior World Championships in Calgary on Thursday, while U.S. skier Alexander Swedenborg dominated the men’s final to claim his first career victory.
Snow Australia has selected a 9-strong team to compete at the FIS Park & Pipe Junior World Championships, in Calgary (CAN) from 26 February through until 7 March.
Freeski superstar Indra Brown has shown maturity and skill well beyond her years, finishing fifth in the Women’s Freeski Halfpipe on the final day of competition at Milano Cortina 2026.
The second youngest member of Australia’s 2026 Winter Olympic Team, Ally Hickman, has qualified for the Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle Final, finishing sixth in Sunday’s heats.
Five-time Olympian Scotty James has added another Olympic medal to his collection, winning silver in the Men’s Snowboard Halfpipe in one of the most impressive Halfpipe finals in history.