100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games is making history this August as the first elite snow sports event to have able bodied and athletes with a disability compete together.

Treble Cone Ski Area opened on 27 June for its 2009 season. Wanaka was as busy from 7am as locals and those hailing from afar scrambled to get coffees, skis, snowboards and friends packed into their vehicles.

Riders, don’t miss your last chance to register for the New Zealand Open, taking place from August 11-15, 2009 at Cardrona Alpine Resort in New Zealand.

Cardrona Alpine Resort in Wanaka opened its gates on Friday 26 June, with thousands of skiers and snowboarders keen to enjoy the ideal snow and weather conditions. It was a superb start to the 2009 ski season.

Snow Sports NZ and Winter Games NZ announced today that they will combine resources to host the first stop of the 2009/10 LG FIS Snowboard World Cup Halfpipe tour by scheduling the competition as one of the signature events of Winter Games NZ 2009.