Sean Pollard has made a big impression when the World Para Snowboard World Cup circuit returned to racing at Big White in Canada, finishing second in his Snowboard Cross race.
Australian ski and snowboard riders will be busy again this weekend with the 2019 FIS Freestyle, Snowboard, Freeski World Championships continuing to ramp up and multiple World Cup events due to take place this weekend.
NSWIS skier Sami Kennedy-Sim has just missed out on advancing through to the quarter-final stage, finishing third in her eight-final heat at the Ski Cross World Championships at Solitude Mountain, UT, USA.Â
The World Championships season continues with Ski and Snowboard Australia (SSA) announcing a trio of Aussies to tackle the 2019 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships and a dynamic duo to take on the FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships.
The first of 23 Aussies were on show as part of the 2019 FIS Freestyle, Snowboard, Freeski World Championships, while the Para Alpine World Championships have wrapped up after two weeks of competitive skiing.
NSWIS riders Alex “Chumpy†Pullin and Adam Lambert have just fallen short of reaching the semi-final round at the 2019 FIS Snowboard World Championships, after both finished third in their quarter-final heats at Solitude Mountain, UT, USA.
Australia’s newest World Champions, Melissa Perrine together with sighted guide Bobbi Kelly, claimed the gold medal overnight at the World Para Alpine Skiing Championships in the Women Super Combined.
On the eve of the 2019 FIS Freestyle, Snowboard, Freeski World Championships and with Australia’s Para Alpine athletes still gunning for more medals in Italy, the slopes are packed with ski and snowboard riders from Down Under.
As most 13-year-old Australians prepared to start high school, up and coming park and pipe athlete Valentino Guseli was also doing something new – competing in the men’s halfpipe final of the FIS Junior World Championships.
The Flying Kangaroos Australian Aerial Ski Team has competed in a number of warm-up events in Lake Placid, NY, USA, ahead of the World Championships in Deer Valley, UT, USA, on February 6th.
The undefeated reign of Scotty James continued on the weekend with the 24-year-old taking out the Winter X Games Superpipe title, his fourth win from as many starts this season.
Ski & Snowboard Australia (SSA) today announced the Australian Team for the 2019 FIS World Championships for Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski, that kicks off in Utah from 1-10 February 2019.
Scotty James continued his winning ways, two well-known individuals within Australian snowsports were recognised in Australia Day honours and Jakara Anthony stepped onto the podium again. All this and more in the week leading up to the 2019 FIS Freestyle, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships.