Matt Graham drops into NSW Junior Series at Perisher

Young moguls athletes were given a pleasant surprise when Australian mogul team skier Matt Graham dropped by the NSW Junior Series at Perisher over the weekend.

Joined by James Matheson and Rohan Chapman Davies, Graham showed his moguls prowess with an impressive demo run on the Saturday to show the young athletes how it's done.

The event drew over 80 competitors age 6-18 years old with singles mogul races on Saturday and duals on Sunday.

Georgia Stewart won both days for the female Junior Division.
Ethan Toppa won the male Junior Singles event on Saturday with Ben Matsumoto taking out the Duals.

Lily Valeba won both days for the female Youth Division.
Flynn Mooney won the male Youth Singles event on Saturday with Mac Livissianos taking out the Duals.

U11 Singles winners were Brad Manns and Daisy Thomas.

Winners were award by Graham who handed out medals at the presentation.

As part of the weekend NSW Freestyle hosted an SSA Futures program which seeks to identify and develop the next generation of ski and snowboard athletes.

The young athletes were coached and mentored by accomplished senior athletes in collaboration with NSWIS Head Freestyle Mogul and Coordinating Winter Sports Coach Peter Topalovic.

"We would like to thank Perisher resort for the great support in hosting the event." said Daniel Bosco of NSW Freestyle.  "All of the sponsors including Rhythm Sports who provided all of the prizes, Joseph Events who provided the bibs and The Man Hotel for hosting the presentation and after party.  We had nearly 30 volunteers for the event which is an amazing involvement.  There was a BBQ fundraiser for NSW Freestyle which raised funds for the club which will be put back into athlete development programs."

Alexandra Rouse
Ski & Snowboard Australia