New Zealand
Snow Park NZ has been building New Zealand’s only permanent quarterpipe this week to host the first daytime event of the season, the Electric Quarterpipe Battle held this Saturday, July 12.The event is a free-to-enter jam style competition for skiers and snowboarders of all ages and skill levels. Riders and skiers will be judged on style and amplitude and will be vying for a $2,000 cash prize pool and $6,000 of Electric, Union and Snow Park NZ products.
Burlington, VT and Queenstown, New Zealand (July 8, 2008) - Burton Snowboards and The Remarkables Resort today announced that they will celebrate the opening of The Stash® on Saturday, July 26 at The Remarkables Resort on the South Island of New Zealand. The Remarkables is one of only three winter resorts in the world to open The Stash, which was originally created by Jake Burton and Burton team riders as an evolution of freestyle terrain in the ultimate natural environment.
LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (July 3, 2008) - New Zealand has once again secured a stop on the prestigious FIS World Cup circuit, with Snow Sports New Zealand hosting the LG FIS Snowboard World Cup Half Pipe at Cardrona Alpine Resort in Lake Wanaka on September 6 - 7.
It’s going down, down under. The Wanaka Ski Fields in Wanaka Lake, New Zealand have kicked off the shred season with good snowfalls and snow making.
LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand - With good snowfalls and optimum snow making conditions throughout the week Snow Park NZ will open on Saturday 28 June for the 2008 season.
The Southern Hemi season is coming up real quick with reports of first snowfalls in New Zealand. Here's a recap gallery from last years Transworld trip with Austin Smith, Pat Moore and more. Photos by Nick Hamilton
Snow Park NZ will be the first and only resort in Lake Wanaka to offer night skiing and riding this winter season providing visitors with more time on the mountain and a unique experience on snow under floodlights.
LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand - The Lee family in the Cardrona Valley received approval today to build the first gondola in New Zealand to access a ski resort. The $16.6million gondola project will service Snow Park NZ, Waiorau Snow Farm and a third planned ski area, Roaring Meg Resort.
LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (April 21, 2008) – The world’s top snowboarders will once again return to the giant superpipe and slopestyle courses at Snow Park NZ in Lake Wanaka for five days of world-class snowboarding action during the Burton New Zealand Open Snowboarding Championships from July 29 to August 2.
A visit to the Snow Park NZ workshop late last week uncovered what's been going on in there all summer... massive rebuilding, repairing and the creation a whole arsenal of new boxes and rails for the '08 season.
