Alpine Director Update - March 2024
All the latest Alpine news and updates from Snow Australia Alpine Director Shawn Fleming.
Alpine
Save the Date for Canberra Snow Sale
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.
Anthony finishes greatest ever season with gold in Italy
Jakara Anthony’s record breaking season has finished in the best possible way, with a gold medal performance in the dual moguls overnight at the World Cup in Valmalenco, Italy, extending her record for the most ever wins in a season for a mogul skier to 14, in the greatest season ever by an Australian winter sports athlete.
WC
Moguls
Freestyle
Johnstone records back-to-back Europa Cup wins
Snowboard cross athlete James Johnstone raced to two consecutive gold medals in Europa Cup action in France this week.
SBX
EC
Freestyle Community Update - March 2024
Catch up on all the latest news and updates from the Freestyle Community.
Freestyle
Women of Winter | Layne Flannery
A passion for winter sports born in her youth didn't necessarily lead Layne Flannery to a job based at the National Sportsport Training Centre (NSTC), but it certainly didn't hurt.
WOW
Women in Focus
NSTC - A Vision Realised
Learn about how the National Snowsports Training Centre (NSTC) in Jindabyne grew from a concept pitched to the NSW Government in 2017 to a fully operational, World class facility for the snowsport and broader community.
NSTC
Scott snatches back-to-back aerials Crystal Globes
Australian aerial skier Danielle Scott has won her second straight World Cup season Crystal Globe after a silver medal performance in the final event of the season overnight in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
WC
Aerials
Freestyle
Anthony wins everything after 13th victory in record season
Jakara Anthony’s unstoppable form has continued, with her 13th victory of the season in the dual moguls event overnight in Almaty, Kazakhstan, extending the total for the most ever wins in a season by a mogul skier, and claiming all three World Cup Crystal globes with one event remaining next week. Anthony recorded back-to-back wins in Kazakhstan after yesterday’s record-breaking single moguls competition.
Freestyle
Anthony rewrites the record books after 12th victory of the season
Jakara Anthony’s unbelievable form has continued with her 12th World Cup victory of the 2023-2024 season overnight in Almaty, Kazakhstan, breaking the record for the most wins in a single season by a mogul skier.
How four Beijing 2022 athletes lifted Australia’s Winter YOG Team
A passionate and undeniably deep bond to the Australian winter sport community saw Beijing 2022 Olympians Britt Cox, Taylah O’Neill, Jackie Narracott and Sami Kennedy-Sim head to the Korea in support of the Australian Team at the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.
YOG
IWD 2024 | Bridie Rawson - inspiring inclusion within Australian snowsport
Bridie Rawson has dedicated herself to providing opportunities for women in snowsport through her cheekily-named female empowerment project.
IWD
Women
WOW
Park and Pipe Community Update - March 2024
Catch up on all the latest news and updates from the Park & Pipe Community.
PandP
Louis takes slice of Aussie Alpine history
2022 Olympian Louis Muhlen-Schulte has created history, becoming the first Australian male to finish in the top-30 in a World Cup giant slalom race and secure World Cup points after placing 27th in Aspen, USA.
Alpine
Aussie team ready to fly at Virtus Games
The prestigious 2024 Virtus World Skiing Championship will be hosted in Zakopane, Poland this week with seven Australian skiers taking part.
Alpine
Paralympics
Baff claims silver after Bradbury style finish line tumble in Spain
Australian snowboard cross rider Josie Baff has claimed the sixth World Cup podium of her career, with a silver medal performance overnight in Sierra Nevada, Spain, in what could be described as her very own “Steven Bradbury” moment.
Tudhope and Billingham take podiums and a slice of history in Germany
An incredible week of Snowboard and Para Snowboard racing in Grasgehren, Germany saw Ben Tudhope pick up two silver medals at the World Cup, Maya Billingham achieved her career-best result with a silver medal in the Europa Cup and the pair combined to compete in a historic FIS event.
SBX
Snowboard
Paralympics