Cardrona Alpine Resort was the host for the final sports challenge at the Obsidian 2020, the Park Jam. The athletes threw down some amazing tricks to wow the spectators on a bluebird day. The men’s ski was the biggest category and at the end of the semi-finals it was hard for the judges to pick only three to go through. It ended up with Finn Bilous grabbing first, Jackson Wells in second and Beau-James Wells rounding out in third. It was a similar story for the men’s snowboard category w...

With best conditions, the Obsidian Freeride competition on the WTF face in the Minaret Range near Lake Wanaka took place. The heli-access venue tested the 21 athletes, with Janina Kuzma showing her experience in the women’s category. The 2014 Halfpipe veteran from the Sochi Olympics and the Freeride World Tour veteran was strong and smooth on the face in difficult conditions. Ronan Thompson was first in the European and Oceania Junior Freeride World Tour in 2019 and he was one of the few sn...

The Big Air Tournament of Obsidian 2020 is in the books. Team Jossi took out the top spot in each of the three categories today, with Nico Porteous, Margaux Hackett and Carlos Garcia Knight’s strong performances. This would normally have meant they were at the top of the overall standings for the day, but Team Kuzma strategically played their Joker card on the Big Air event. This card allows the team to gain double points on the day they use it. This pushed them infront with 160 points, to Te...

The Big Air Tournament of Obsidian 2020 is in the books. Team Jossi took out the top spot in each of the three categories today, with Nico Porteous, Margaux Hackett and Carlos Garcia Knight’s strong performances. This would normally have meant they were at the top of the overall standings for the day, but Team Kuzma strategically played their Joker card on the Big Air event. This card allows the team to gain double points on the day they use it. This pushed them infront with 160 points, to Te...

Winter Games NZ is the Southern Hemisphere’s biggest snow sports event. Traditionally it welcomes the world’s best skiers and snowboarders to compete in the opening of the FIS Park and Pipe World Cup season and The North Face Frontier, a Freeride World Qualifying Tour 4* & 2* event. This year that can’t happen, so rather than let the event lapse Winter Games NZ will run Obsidian. Obsidian is an epic new mixed Team Challenge event for the Winter Games NZ 2020, set across New Zealand’s Southern...

On Friday was the start signal given by the SANE Crew where the riders could make their first best tricks to get some Cash4Tricks at the Jib’n Skate Playground. After the action on the mountain we continued in the valley directly with the Streetparty and celebrated the beginning of a great winter season at the Club Circle. In Feichten the mainroad was closed to offer the perfect “After-Ride” evening with street food, live music and an even bigger ramp this year. Sam Baumgartner (AUT) won “Be...

Another epic day at Kaunertal Opening 2019 is in the books. Best weather, perfect conditions, good vibes and a lot of fun – the Riders are ready to continuing to celebrate the season opening at the Kaunertal Glacier. Enjoy the highlights of the Saturday sessions.

The winter season is here and it dropped on the astonishing Kaunertal glacier! The ski & snowboard pros are welcoming the new season in new open judged jam sessions. The 34th edition of the Kaunertal Opening is once more the place to be! Stay tuned for more action this weekend from Tyrol!

A world-class international field dropped into the Alta Chutes today at The North Face Frontier Freeride World Qualifier 4* at The Remarkables ski field in Queenstown (New Zealand). The Skiers and Snowboarders showed their skills as the runs were picked with traditional freeriding style, big technical skiing and progressive freestyle tricks. Results Snowboard Women 1. Nuria Castan Baron (ESP), 80.00 2. Claire McGregor (NZL), 75.00 3. Mikaela Hollsten (FIN), 73.00 Snowboard Men 1...

Finals day brought a spectacular showdown at the FIS Australia New Zealand Cup Freeski & Snowboard Slopestyle. Ben Barclay was never in doubt for a podium placing as soon as he had the first run on the scoreboard, taking the lead right from the get-go with a score of 87.33. Scoring highly for the difficulty and variety of his rail tricks and then backing up with well-executed and technical jump tricks, the win was his for the taking. Eileen Gu was the deserved winner, getting solid grabs on...