Winter Games NZ Park And Pipe Australia New Zealand Cup Competitions Upgraded To Premium

Wānaka,
NZ (17 June 2024) – The Winter Games NZ 2024
Freeski Slopestyle and Snowboard Halfpipe FIS Australia New
Zealand Cup (ANC) competitions have been upgraded to
Australia New Zealand Cup Premium events.

Winter Games
NZ Park & Pipe Manager Carly Parker said, “I am
excited that our FIS ANC Park & Pipe events have met the
level required to be upgraded to a Premium event. The world
class quality of the slopestyle course and halfpipe at
Cardrona has allowed us to push for this upgrade. Upgrading
to a premium event provides valuable benefits for both our
Kiwi athletes competing on home snow and our international
athletes travelling to Aotearoa from around the
globe.”

The ANC series allows Australian and New
Zealand athletes to compete for a Personal World Cup start
for the upcoming 2025 Northern Hemisphere season,
guaranteeing the athlete who wins the series a start
position at any World Cup event in their discipline. This is
particularly valuable heading into the 2024/25 Northern
Hemisphere season as all world cup events in the 2024/25
season are qualification events for the 2026 Milano Cortina
Olympic Winter Games.

An ANC Premium event has 150 Cup
points available for the winner, a significant increase from
the 100 Cup points available at a regular ANC competition,
and therefore a crucial event for those athletes hunting for
a Personal World Cup start.

The amount of FIS points
available to both Kiwi and International athletes is also
notably increased at a premium event, with up to 500 FIS
points available (up from 350 FIS points at a regular ANC).
FIS ANC Premium events are currently only available for
freeski and snowboard park & pipe
disciplines.

Snow Sports NZ General Manager High
Performance Luke Hetzel explained; “Winter Games NZ is
providing an invaluable opportunity for Kiwi athletes to
both score additional FIS points and the chance to earn a
Personal World Cup start as they begin the qualification
journey to the Milano Cortina 2026.”

The FIS ANC
Premium Snowboard Halfpipe competition is set to be held
between the 25th – 28th of August and the FIS ANC Premium
Freeski Slopestyle competition is set to be held between the
3rd – 6th of September. Both events will be held at
Cardrona Alpine
Resort.
 

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