The Snowvision Rising Stars Camp

The Snowvision Rising Stars Camp offers New Zealand’s next generation of alpine superstars a chance to train alongside the New Zealand Men’s Ski Team and NZ Alpine Olympians and to get a taste of what it takes to achieve success on the world stage. The Rising Stars Camp is designed to give emerging U12- U16 athletes an opportunity to immerse themselves in a high performance environment while increasing their ski racing knowledge and building skills necessary to continue on the path to success.

The Snowvision Rising Stars Camp is scheduled to take place on snow at Coronet Peak on Sunday July 16th. Athletes will be joined by the New Zealand Men’s Ski Team members Adam Barwood and Willis Feasey, NZ Olympians Tim Café and Ben Griffin, and coach to the NZ Men’s Ski Team, Nils Coberger, giving athletes an unprecedented opportunity to take their skiing to the next level. Athletes will also enjoy a Q&A Session with the NZ Men’s Ski Team and feedback from some of the country’s top coaches. 

The coaches will work with all the athletes throughout strategic training environments, including dryland components, providing them with opportunities to further enhance and develop their knowledge and skill set.

“We are looking forward to watching future World Cup stars as they take part in this unique opportunity to meet racers from across the country, forge new friendships and to be mentored by the NZ Men’s Ski Team. We are hoping to give these driven young athletes an experience they will remember for the rest of their lives,” says Hannah Hazeldine, Snow Sports NZ Alpine Manager.

Snow Sports NZ wishes to thank Rising Stars sponsor, The Snowvision Foundation for their continued support in youth alpine development.

Programme
 

08:00                         Assemble Coronet Peak base building
08:00 - 09:00             Ben Griffin to deliver warm up and activation protocols
09:00 - 12:00             GS training with the Snowvision NZ Men’s Ski Team
12:00 - 12:45             Lunch
12:45 - 14:00             Technical free skiing with Snowvision NZ Ski Team coaching
                                  staff
14:00 - 14:30             Q&A with Olympic and World Championship team members
                                  Adam Barwood and Willis Feasey

Announcing The Snowvision New Zealand Men’s Ski Team

We are pleased to announce that our campaign for the 2018 Winter Olympics will get a boost from the Snowvision Foundation with substantial grants. 

The men’s ski team will be known during this campaign as the “Snowvision New Zealand Men’s Ski Team."

Snowvision's CEO and co-founder trustee, Fiona Stevens, in the announcement said:

"Supporting Kiwis that perform at international levels, like the Winter Olympics, creates heroes to inspire young Kiwis and families to participate in snow sports for a variety of beneficial outcomes. Since 2005, Snowvision has supported alpine skiing, including the New Zealand National and Development Ski Teams, top alpine athletes and other initiatives, aiming to help talented Kiwis to get to the top of the world. The Ski Racing NZ’s Charitable TrustHamish Edwards and coach Nils Coberger are working hard to support athletes who need resources - we are proud to support this worthy campaign for talented role models like Adam Barwood and Willis Feasey to be competing successfully on the world stage.”

The Snowvision Foundation support is in addition to the generous support from our valued team sponsors. For others who may want to contribute, an easy way is to make donations to The Snowvision Foundation (which is a registered charitable trust for deductible donations).

We appreciate this recognition of the importance of increased support as we enter the pre Olympic period of training and racing. Both Adam and Willis are performing the best we have seen so far and we are confident they can continue to improve.

I would like to personally thank Fiona Stevens for working in such a positive way with the team.

Hamish Edwards

Trustee for the Ski Racing NZ Charitable Trust