The Flying Kangaroos Australian Aerial Ski Team has competed in a number of warm-up events in Lake Placid, NY, USA, ahead of the World Championships in Deer Valley, UT, USA, on February 6th.
The undefeated reign of Scotty James continued on the weekend with the 24-year-old taking out the Winter X Games Superpipe title, his fourth win from as many starts this season.
Ski & Snowboard Australia (SSA) today announced the Australian Team for the 2019 FIS World Championships for Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski, that kicks off in Utah from 1-10 February 2019.
Scotty James continued his winning ways, two well-known individuals within Australian snowsports were recognised in Australia Day honours and Jakara Anthony stepped onto the podium again. All this and more in the week leading up to the 2019 FIS Freestyle, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships.
Mel Perrine together with her new sight guide Bobbi Kelly, have continued to clean up at the 2019 Para Alpine World Championships in Kranjska Gora, overnight securing a bronze medal in the Women’s Slalom.
The medal haul at the World Para Alpine Skiing Championships continues for Australia with triple Paralympian Mitch Gourley claiming bronze in the men’s slalom.
NSWIS Ski Cross athlete Sami Kennedy-Sim has made a strong start to her first events of 2019, placing 14th in the first event and eighth in the second event at the World Cup in Idre Fjall, Sweden.
The Aussies are flying high after a weekend of outstanding results. Jakara Anthony notched up here first career World Cup gold medal, Scotty James continued his winning ways and there was plenty more action from Aussies on snow around the world.
Competition at the 2019 Laax Open finished on Saturday evening in celebratory fashion, as the best halfpipe riders in the world gathered at what is perhaps the best halfpipe in the world for a nighttime showdown that saw PyeongChang bronze medalist Scotty James (AUS) reign supreme, but not before pushing themselves to a new standard once again.
FREESTYLE SKIING: Australian mogul skiier Jakara Anthony has claimed her first ever World Cup gold medal at the Lake Placid World Cup tour event, beating out France’s Perrine Laffont and USA’s Tess Johnson.
Nine Australian athletes have arrived in Lahti, Finland ahead of the 2019 World Junior/U23 Nordic Ski Championships as they ready themselves for competition beginning January 19.