Falls Creek will be a winter wonderland of cross country ski action on Saturday 26 August 2017, when the ski world comes together for the southern hemisphere’s largest annual snowsports event, the 27th Kangaroo Hoppet.
As a lone Australian woman on the Snowboard Slopestyle circuit last year, Jindabyne’s Jessica Rich was her own coach, wax technician and organiser, and came away with a ninth place at the World Cup in Quebec.
A new 20-year agreement to better support aerial skiing athletes has been announced at Mt Buller, making the alpine village an official Olympic Training Centre and Victoria’s home for the development of future Olympic and World Champions in Aerial and Mogul Skiing.
Barbara Jezersek and Phil Bellingham have dominated the second half of the Cross Country Skiing Australian National Championships after they topped the podium on both days of the event, winning the Classic Sprint on Saturday and the 10/15km Freestyle races on Sunday.
The final races of the snowboard cross Australian NZ Cup get underway at Mt Hotham this week as a sequel to the preliminary races that set the tone for the season last month.
The fastest of the fastest alpine skiers from around the world will hit the long and very steep World Cup race course located high on the hill in Thredbo to carve their way from top to bottom in a show of strength, agility and speed for the next four days of the ANCs.
The largest school snowsports event in the World gets underway next week at Mt Buller with the 60th Victorian Interschools Snowsports Championships 21-27 August 2017.
The 2017 Junior National Mogul Championships took place last Sunday in great conditions at Mt Buller, featuring a strong field & some fantastic mogul skiing on the Chamois ski run.
Australia’s premier junior park and pipe freeski and snowboard event in Australia, the Australian Junior Freeride Championships, kicks off at Perisher 11-13 August 2017.
The sun shining and the newly built Playstation park at Perisher brought many of Australia’s gun freestyle riders out to join SSA Futures in a coaching and mentoring role this week.
St. Catherine’s School was the big winner of the Victorian Interschools Cross Country Championships at Mt Buller on Saturday 6 August, with overall wins in both primary and secondary girls school divisions.