Dear Alpine Community,

The northern winter is in its final stretch, and many athletes are focused on taking advantage of the last competitions of the season before a well-deserved break. Athletes are continuing to rack up personal bests and podiums in the closing FIS events of the season. This time of year, also sees the culmination of international children’s racing with athletes competing at La Scara in Val d’Isere FRA at the beginning of the month and Whistler Cup this weekend. 

On the Ski Cross front Liam Michael finished 33rd at World Championships unfortunately missing out on qualification by one spot. He then travelled up to Idre Fjall SWE to compete in the last World Cup of the season where he finished 35th missing qualification by just +0.02 seconds. Liam has been agonizingly close many times this year to cracking the code and qualifying at World Cup.  While frustrating to get so close and just miss out, I think this can be a great lesson for us all in the perseverance and time it takes to develop to become one of the best.

Ski Cross also just finished up the World Junior Championships in Isola 2000 in France. Australia had 2024 Youth Olympians Duncan Cowan and Dakota Turner competing this year both individually and in the Team format. Duncan skied himself into 9th place, with Dakota in 13th and they combined to place Australia 10th in the Team competition. Dakota and Duncan both have 2 more years of eligibility left for World Juniors so we will be excited to see what the future holds. While attending World Junior Championships, Duncan missed the final NorAm Ski Cross of the season but had such a lead in the overall season standing with 5 wins from 6 starts that he was still crowned with the Overall NorAm Ski Cross title for 2025! This was the first time an Australian has won the NorAm overall title, so congratulations Duncan!!

For those athletes already home in Australia it is a time to enjoy the sunny days and start dreaming of the winter season to come. This is a great opportunity to start to think about what goals you may have for yourself for the coming season and start to prepare for those in advance. Taking advantage of any pre-season camps or dryland run by your club is a great way to get back into the swing of things and reunite with your friends from the snow. If you are looking to make strides with your fitness before the season starts, then use our SnowReady online fitness program to help get a leg up on the competition.

All the best,
Shawn

Shawn Fleming
Alpine Director
Snow Australia

The Australian Para Alpine Team raced well throughout the 2024/25 campaign finishing the season with some career best results.

Snow Australia invites you to join the snowsports community to celebrate the outstanding achievements of our athletes during the 2024-25 season.

With less than a year to go until the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games, it is one of our last chances for our whole community to come together before the Games begin.

2025 SNOW AUSTRALIA AWARDS
Thursday 1 May 2025
Aerial | 17 Dukes Walk, South Wharf, Melbourne

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The first race, Super G, from the 2025 Virtus World Alpine Skiing Championships, made its way to the Lognan Stadium in Tignes. Skiers were treated to a bright sun and amazing weather.

The biggest news came from the II3 competition, with 16-year-old young woman, Yuen Georgia, winning the Super G race and claiming her first Virtus medal from her inaugural event.

• The Snow Australia Canberra Snow Sale will be held on Saturday May 10 at EPIC, Exhibition Park in Canberra.
  

  A long-standing community event on the calendar, it is a great opportunity to buy and/or sell new and pre-loved snow sports equipment ahead of the winter season. All proceeds from the event go toward supporting local snow sports programs and events.

• The Jindabyne Snow Sale, an initiative of the Rob Kneller Youth Foundation, will be held at the Jindabyne Memorial Hall June 7 and 8.

Hosted by 3 x Olympian Sami Kennedy-Sim, SnowReady contains 8 episodes,  and also features other Australian Winter Olympians and Snow Australia Program staff who provide helpful tips to help you get the most out of your next Snow Trip. 

Each weeks program host beginner, intermediate and advanced levels of the exercises. Sami will show you how to safely do the exercises which you can complete in your own time. 

Each week's episode is accompanied by a PDF of the session and exercises to help you in your session planning.

Please note memberships for the 2024 season have now closed and we look forward to announcing the membership options for the upcoming season shortly.

In the meantime, if you have any questions please email info@snow.org.au