Big weekend for Moguls action

Published Fri 03 Aug 2018

Mt Buller set for 2018 Junior National Mogul Champs

The Junior National Mogul Championships "jNats" will return to Mt Buller this week to showcase Australia’s top junior athletes.

PyeongChang Olympic silver medalist Matt Graham, triple Olympian and World Champion Britt Cox, and 2014 Sochi Olympic team-mate Nicole Parks are all previous event winners.

Conditions are looking solid after early snowfalls which should deliver an expected full-length course over 200m with two jumps for the junior and youth competitors.

The event serves as an important step for mogul skiers, giving them the opportunity to press for national development team selection. It also offers an ideal lead-up to the Victorian Interschools and ABOM Mogul Challenge events at Mt Buller.

Trophies will be presented to the top three place getters in the four different categories - Junior Men, Junior Women, Youth Men, Youth Women.

The jNats event caters for all skill levels, from first time mogul competitors to aspiring Australian development team skiers.

Get live results with the new and free Snowracer APP. Download it today and if you’re at Mt Buller use the APP and its interactive cowbell feature to cheer on friends and family.

For more event information – click here.

jNats 2018 Schedule (as of July 6, 2018)

Friday 3rd of August
10:00am - 11:30am: Official Training, Moguls Course-Chamois
1:00pm - 2:30pm: Official Training, Moguls Course-Chamois
3:30pm: Team Leaders Meeting, Event Office

Saturday 4th of August
9:30am - 10:45am: Official Training, Moguls Course - Chamois
10:45am: Course Closed, Moguls Course - Chamois
11:00am: Mogul Competition, Moguls Course - Chamois
Immediately after event (est 3pm): Presentations, Moguls Course – Chamois

Talent Identification Program for Moguls

This weekend selected junior athletes will participate in the Moguls Talent Identification Program (TIP) as part of SSA Futures program designed to introduce athletes to the high performance pathway.

For over a decade the TIP program has serviced Australia’s most promising moguls athletes, with many past and current top athletes coming through the system.

TIP athletes receive coaching from NSWIS coordinator and long standing NSWIS, World Cup and Olympic Mogul coach Peter Topalovic. In addition, NSWIS team athletes will be on hand to also offer support and feedback.

Athletes have been invited to attend the program after impressive performances at one of three NSW regional Interschools competitions.

These athletes have been identified by coaches to be involved in high level competition with formalised instruction and training for their development.

NSW Junior Mogul Series returns

The New South Wales Junior Mogul Series is back this weekend at Perisher and it promises to deliver!

Across two days of action, competitors will battle it out in the Junior, Youth and U11 divisions in a fun and exciting competitive environment.

This is introductory event allows competitors to experience high level competition as well as a similar format to World Cup and Olympic events.

*Competitors will be met by a challenging Perisher course with two jumps and 80m of moguls, while being judged on their turns, air and speed.

As part of the event, NSW Freestyle invites some of the best performing Interschools athletes to participate and receive coaching from NSWIS athletes to further foster athletes with potential under the SSA Futures banner.

Find out all the latest results as they happen thanks to SSA’s new and free Snowracer APP. If you’re on the snow, download it before you go to use the interactive cowbell feature to cheer on friends and family.

*Course is subject to change depending upon available snow.