The overall World Para Alpine World Cup winners of the season will be decided in the last two slalom races in Morzine, France, with all of the main contenders including Australia's Melissa Perrine at the starting gates in a final push for the coveted titles.Â
The snowboard cross season might be over, but Cam Bolton is riding high after he finished third at the Veysonnaz (SUI) World Cup – the fifth and final event of the 2019 season.
Two-time Olympian and Australia's leading Alpine Ski Racer, NSWIS athlete Greta Small, has unfortunately suffered a season ending knee injury at the Europa Cup Super-G event in Sella Nevea, Italy.
A group of Aussie Snowboard Cross riders along with Para Alpine skier Melissa Perrine and sighted guide Bobbi Kelly will fly the Aussie flag this weekend when they take to the snow for their country.
The partnership between Club Med and the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia (OWIA) has been of great benefit to the Snowboard Cross program in the past week, with the team using the Club Med facility in Valmorel, France, as an on-snow base before the final World Cup of the season this weekend in Veysonnaz, Switzerland.
A trio of Australian Para Snowboarders were on fire in Spain as they put their final touches on preparations before their World Championships later this month.
NSWIS park and pipe athlete Kent Callister has finished the World Cup season with a 20th place performance in the US Grand Prix event in Mammoth Mountain, California, USA.
Our Aussie snowsports athletes aren't finished yet in the northern hemisphere, with a strong showing by our national snowboard riders going down this weekend.
NSWIS Snowboard Cross athlete Adam Lambert has become the second Australian Snowboard Cross athlete to win a World Cup medal this season, taking silver in Baqueira Beret, Spain.
Australian ski and snowboard riders were on the podium multiple times while others racked up career best results in another great showing by our athletes as they look to finish their 2018/19 northern hemisphere seasons strongly.
Ski and Snowboard Australia are excited to name three athletes on the Australian Para Snowboard Team to compete at the 2019 World Para Snowboard Championships beginning 26 March in Pyha, Finland.