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Busiest day in a decade: Winter storm brings 97cm of snow to ski field
2+ week, 22+ hour ago (722+ words) Canterbury’s Mt Hutt had its busiest day in a decade on Friday, following a slow start to the season. More than 10,000 people hit the slopes over the three-day Matariki weekend, with around a metre of fresh snow and three pristine…...
Glenn Dwight: The great Kiwi sideline – the real heart of winter sport
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1138+ words) As winter starts rolling in across New Zealand, weekend mornings begin to change. The grass starts its day white, not green. Breathing outside suddenly becomes visible, which can be reassuring. And all around the country, thermals, puffer jackets, beanies, another…...
Sadowski-Synnott wins first event since double silver at Winter Olympics
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (338+ words) Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has won her first tournament since securing two silver medals at the 2026 Winter Olympics. The five-time Olympic medallist returned to the slopes in the Natural Selection Tour (NST) championship in Revelstoke, Canada and qualified for the final day’s…...
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott Olympic slopestyle final postponed after snowfall
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (306+ words) Zoi Sadowski-Synnott will have to wait before getting the opportunity to try and defend her Olympic slopestyle title. The 24-year-old Kiwi snowboarder was the top qualifier for the final, which was scheduled to get underway around 1am NZT this morning. However,…...
'Not very great experiences': The tough lessons learnt as Robinson eyes Olympic success
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (651+ words) Alice Robinson does not look back on her last Olympic Games fondly. Going into the 2022 event in Beijing, the alpine skier was among New Zealand’s hopes of a spot on the podium in her preferred event, the giant slalom. Those…...
Menzies storms into slopestyle final as top qualifier, Robinson out of medals
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (421+ words) New Zealand’s Dane Menzies will go into the snowboard slopestyle as a strong medal contender after qualifying in top spot for Thursday’s final at the 2026 Winter Olympics. With the qualifying session brought forward because of weather, Menzies made the most…...
Sadowski-Synnott claims silver in Big Air final
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (142+ words) The three-time Olympic medallist, who has already claimed a silver and a bronze in the Big Air, set the tone early in qualifying yesterday with her first of three attempts by producing the highest... Zoi Sadowski-Synnott was pipped for the…...
New Zealand schedule and results for Winter Olympics 2026
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (290+ words) All the Kiwi athletes in action at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. Snowboard Big Air – Men’s qualification - Lyon Farrell 7th, Dane Menzies 11th, Rocco Jamieson 8th - all through to final. 10.30pm, Freeski Slopestyle - Women qualification - Ruby Star Andrews 17th, Sylvia Trotter 20th. Neither qualified for the…...