Aussie snowboarders win in New Zealand

Published Fri 18 Aug 2017

Image courtesy of Cardrona Resort: Emily Arthur on the podium 

Snowboarder Emily Arthur has done Australia proud and won the women's halfpipe event of the Australian NZ Cup in Cardrona, NZ this week.

Arthur beat Dakota Craig from New Zealand and Kayleigh Carew from the USA to win the gold.

Fellow snowboarder Matt Cox has also dished out the goods with a win in the men's slopestyle event ahead of Japanese riders Takeru Otsuka and Hiroaki Kunitake.

Kent Callister came fourth behind three strong Japanese contenders in the men's halfpipe.  

See the full results here

Alexandra Rouse
Ski & Snowboard Australia