Dear Park and Pipe Community,

The turn of September to October was a busy week in the Park and Pipe world with the last leg of the ANCs taking place in Cardrona, New Zealand.

Among those walking away with some big results was 14-year-old Freeskier Indra Brown who took out the win in the Freeski Halfpipe, finishing 1st overall on the Halfpipe ANC standings, and finished the ANCs 6th overall in Slopestyle and Big Air. Indra has stamped herself as one to watch with a productive first taste of FIS competition. 

Joining Indra on the podium of events at Cardrona were Cam Waddell, who finished 2nd in the Freeski Big Air and Ally Hickman and Jess McGregor who finished 2nd and 3rd respectively in the Snowboard Big Air competition. Hickman was able to secure the top placed finish to the ANC season in Slopestyle and Big Air with McGregor following suit in second place. Freeskier Kai Martin was able to finish 5th overall in Slopestyle and Big Air despite missing the last leg of the competition due to injury. Congratulations on a huge ANC campaign for all involved and good luck for the upcoming Northern Winter. 

To see the ANC Cup standings and where all our Aussie athletes finished up, click the following link.

2024 ANC Cup Standings

Coming up next week will be the first taste of Big Air World Cup action this season in Chur. In action for Australia will be Valentino Guseli and Josh Robertson-Hahn in the Snowboard event and Cam Waddell for Freeski. 

You can watch all the action from Chur via Snow Australia’s SnowLive from October 19.

Best of luck to all those gearing up for a big Northern Winter, we look forward to watching you all continue to develop your skills.

Pipe and Park National Discipline Committee

The 2024 Australia New Zealand Cup has come to a close with more exciting action happening on both sides of the Tasman.

The quality of competition across the disciplines continues to set the bar higher each and every season, evidenced by the number of international athletes heading down for the southern hemisphere winter.

In all, Australia produced eight ANC champions for 2024 compared to six in 2023. 

Daisy Thomas (Freestyle Skiing) and Noah Bradford (Cross Country/Biathlon) have been accepted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame’s 2025 Scholarship and Mentoring Program.

Daisy has been named as a Tier 1 Scholarship holder and will be mentored by Football pioneer Cheryl Salisbury. When she retired, Salisbury was Australia’s most capped player and has been credited with contributing to the rise of the Matildas, as captain from 2003 to 2009 and a veteran of two Olympics and four FIFA World Cups. 

Snow Australia is excited to announce that expressions of interest are now open for those interested in competing in the 2025 World University Winter Games being held in Torino, Italy.

The World University Winter Games (WUWG) is held every two years under the banner of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and comprises competition in 9 compulsory sports with optional sports determined by the host. These events are staged in locations in and around Torino.

The 2025 WUWG will be held in Torino, Italy between 13-23 January 2025.

The annual autumn session of the FIS Technical and Committee meetings took place at the Hilton Zurich Airport hotel this past week, gathering key stakeholders from all corners of the snow sports world for four intensive days of meetings and strategic sessions. These discussions aimed to chart a clear path forward through the 2024/25 winter season and beyond. 

View the key outcomes from these meetings below.