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Surf Mixes It Up With Snow In Canterbury

One season ends and another one begins when winter crosses over to summer with the Surf Snow Cup in New Zealand next weekend. Full Article

22nd September 2008
Hotham Celebrates Spring

It may be September but the Australian resorts are still getting snowed on, meaning fantastic spring conditions, and Hotham Alpine Resort is celebrating with their Spring Festival. Full Article

22nd September 2008
Mt Hutt Hits 3 Metre Mark; Turoa Sits On Over 4

Canterbury commercial ski field, Mt Hutt, has hit the the three metre base mark with sixty five centimetres of new snow. Full Article

10th September 2008
Australian Resorts Swing For Spring

Spring is looking good down under with snow still falling in the Australian ski resorts. To celebrate a successful winter, resorts are dropping prices and offering spring specific events. Full Article

10th September 2008
Everyone's A Winner In Australian Snow Events

It's been a week of major ski and snowboard events in Australia with a three day stretch of competions: the Oakley Stylewars snowboarding event at Falls Creek, the forty two kilometre Kangaroo Hoppet also at Falls Creek, and The Boost Mobile Sno Sho at Perisher Blue. Full Article

4th September 2008
New Zealand Clubfields Host The Big Boys

The K2 Big Mountain Chill Series has been consolidated into one super four day event across Craigieburn and Olympus clubfields in New Zealand's Canterbury ranges. Full Article

27th August 2008
Perisher Blue Hosts the Burton Open

The Burton Global Open Series comes down under from September 2 to 5 when the world's elite snowboarding names will descend upon Perisher Blue ski resort for this annual competition that is also a 5Star event on the Swatch TTR World Tour. Full Article

27th August 2008
Rip Curl Freerides In Thredbo

AUSTRALIA - The Rip Curl Australian Freeride Pro will be sending the country's best freeriders down Thredbo's famous Bluff Run to showcase their talents Aug. 19- Aug. 20. Full Article

13th August 2008
Bode Miller Takes On New Zealand

NEW ZEALAND - The mellow lakeside town of Wanaka on South Island is home to some big names this week as the world's elite descend upon Treble Cone ski area for some serious race training. Full Article

13th August 2008
Bode Miller Takes On New Zealand

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13th August 2008
It's All About The Après at Hotham

AUSTRALIA - Hold onto your ski beanies. Mt. Hotham launches its Apres Festival Saturday, Aug. 9. The week-long festival is the perfect celebration of the record-breaking July snowfalls in Australia this season, with more forecast for the peak month of August. Full Article

5th August 2008
World's Olympic Best Train In New Zealand

NEW ZEALAND - It just gets better and better for New Zealand as recent storms have dumped over two metres in two weeks in the Canterbury Region on the South Island. Now the world's top Olympians have descended upon the country's top ski fields for their annual southern hemisphere training schedules. Full Article

4th August 2008
Perisher Blue Goes Mad

AUSTRALIA - It's been the powder week of the Australian snow season with all the resorts of Victoria and New South Wales experiencing overnight fresh dry snowstorms with bluebird days. Full Article

30th July 2008
Mammoth Snow Dumps Metres On Mt. Hutt

NEW ZEALAND - Mt. Hutt is winning the snow wars this season with over a metre of snow dumping in 36 hours and the mountain currently closed due to blizzard conditions. The experts are predicting another metre, at least. Full Article

30th July 2008
Remarkables Uncovers Its Stash

NEW ZEALAND - The Stash, the Burton signature terrain park, opens at Remarkables, after five months of planning. Full Article

23rd July 2008
Mt. Hotham Is Green In A World Of White

AUSTRALIA - Hotham Alpine Resort continues to lead Australian ski fields with environmental initiatives. The resort recently received the prestigious Banksia Environmental Awards in Melbourne, Victoria, for excellence in environmental practice, sustainable growth, and climate change combat. Full Article

22nd July 2008
Chicks On Sticks Take To Slopes

AUSTRALIA - Australian ski resorts turn it on for the sheilas with a series of women's only ski improvement programs in New South Wales and Victoria. Full Article

17th July 2008
Australian Ski Fields Are Under Cover Of Snow

AUSTRALIA - After an unpredictable June when weather was unseasonably hot and what little snow fell from the sky melted within days, Australian ski fields are experiencing a bumper start to July with super cold conditions, plenty of fresh snow and more to come. Full Article

9th July 2008
New Zealand Blizzards Kick-start The Season

NEW ZEALAND - Both the North and South Islands experienced a fierce snowstorm July 5, dumping over half a metre of snow on most of the country's resorts. Full Article

9th July 2008
Mt. Ruapehu Goes Off With Snow

NEW ZEALAND - The North Island ski fields of Whakapapa and Turoa on Mt. Ruapehu is celebrating a much needed mammoth dump of snow. The mountain received a week of heavy snowfalls resulting in a record snow base, after a week of rain that washed away the active volcano's minimal snow cover revealing rocks and grass. Full Article

2nd July 2008