SSA Snowboard Talent ID Camps 2008
It is our goal to get snowboard athletes onto the podium at World Cup, World Championships and Olympic Games events. Therefore, we have established a national talent id / transfer program, managed by Ski and Snowboard Australia.

As part of our search to unearth talented young riders, SSA will hold a talent identification camp for the following Disciplines at 2 of Australia’s leading resorts.

• HP- 4th August- 8th August Perisher
• SBX- 11th August- 15th August Mt Hotham

Crawford, Burton struggle at World Championships
Holly Crawford and Andrew Burton have both missed qualifying for the halfpipe final at the World Snowboard Championships in Arosa, Switzerland...»
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Career best PSL result for Shaw 18 January 2007
Jo Shaw has produced the best world championship parallel slalom result of her career, finishing in 24th place in Arosa, Switzerland...»
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World Championship Report
It has been a strong showing by the Australians over the last 2 days here in Arosa for the 2007 World Championships SBX.
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Snowboard Team Report
Well it was a strong showing with the Australians over the last 2 days here in Arosa for the 2007 World Championships SBX...»
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Snowboard Team Report From Laax
The OWIA Snowboard Team have started training in Switzerland for the 2007 season. We arrived in Laax on the 3rd January to start our preparations for the 2007 World Championships in Arosa...»
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Australian halfpipe rider up with the world's best
Australian halfpipe snowboarder Holly Crawford has confirmed her status as one of the sport's leading contenders with a fifth placing in the prestigious Chevrolet US Snowboard Grand Prix in Breckenridge, Colorado...»
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SSA/NSWIS Halfpipe Development Team Update
The SSA/NSWIS Halfpipe Development Team began training on November 20 in Mammoth Mountain, USA. Unfortunately there hasn’t been the usual bumper start to the season in California and this has left us with some challenging conditions to train in...»
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Snowboard Team Update in Europe
The 1st snowboard world cup was held in Saas-Fee Switzerland this week with a very strong turn out! All the nations sent the best riders to compete in the double world cup event...»
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Strong start to season for Australian rider
Australian snowboarder Holly Crawford has made a strong start to the 2006/07 World Cup season, finishing in fifth place in Saas-Fee, Switzerland...»
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Shaw warms up for World Cup with US victory
Torino Olympian Jo Shaw has won gold in parallel slalom in the opening round of the US Snowboarding Race to the Cup series in Copper Mountain...»
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National Snowboard Development Squads
Since the two very successful Talent Identifications camps were held in August the coaches, after much deliberation, have selected athletes to join the National Snowboard Development Squads for Halfpipe and Boardercross...»
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SSA Halfpipe TID Camp
Perisher Blue turned on the weather and had a great Halfpipe Shaped for the SSA/NSWIS Halfpipe TID Camp....»
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SSA/NSWIS Halfpipe Development Program
The Snowboard Team has been getting in some good training at Perisher Blue.A lot of time has been spent in the park and Big Air site taking advantage of the good conditions to learn some new tricks while Perisher are preparing the Halfpipe...»
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World University Winter Games Alpine Ski and Snowboard Coach Applications Open
The 2007 World University Winter Games will be held in Torino, Italy, from 17 January - 27 January 2007. Australian University Sport is now calling for applications for Alpine Ski Coach and Snowboarding Coach for the Australian Team...»
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Event Information
Burton Open Cancelled
Due to poor snow conditions the Burton Open at Falls Creek has been cancelled.

Thomas Places 2nd at NZ Open
Emily Thomas has finished in 2nd place at the NZ Open Slopestyle event in an extremely tight finish to US Open winner Hana Beaman. A full international field of riders were competing at what is now the first stop of the Burton Global Open Tour and a four star TTR event. Emily qualified in first place one point ahead and lost by one point in the final. 

Snowboarder Cross TID Camp – FULL
Due to overwhelming interest we have had to close applications for the Snowboard SBX TID Camp which is being held in Thredbo on the 14-16 August. Places are still available for the Halfpipe TID Camp at Perisher on the 31 Aug – 2 Sep, but be quick as spots are filling quickly.
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Snowboard Halfpipe TID – New Dates
Due to poor snow conditions the Snowboard Halfpipe TID Camp at Perisher has been postponed and will now be held on Thursday, August 31 – Saturday, September 2.
You can download the updated application form below.  If you have already submitted an application form it will still be valid for the new dates.
click here...(2/08/2006)

World Industries Snowboard Nationals Postponed
Due to the unfavourable snow conditions the World Industries Snowboard Nationals has been postponed. The new date is yet to be confirmed so please keep an eye on this website for any updates.

Calendar Update
Please note that due to limited snow the Dakine NSW Junior Halfpipe event has been changed to a rail event to be held on the 30th of July. To view the updated calendar.
click here...(18/07/2006)

National Snowboard Team
The National Snowboard Committee are pleased to announce the members of the National Snowboard Team...
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SSA Snowboard Talent ID Camp
Ski & Snowboard Australia will be holding two Talent ID Camps to unearth talented Boardercross and Halfpipe riders...
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FIS TD and ROC Seminars
The FIS TD and ROC Seminars will be held in Sydney from Friday 16 June to Sunday 18 June. For more information please
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Snowboard Committee Working Group Submissions
Please note the final date for submissions from interest people to be part of the Snowboard Committee Working Group is Friday May 19. The date in the E-News was incorrect. Submissions can be made by email to info@skiandsnowboard.org.au , with the subject line ‘Working Group’. For further information please contact the Ski & Snowboard Australia Office on 03 9696 2344.

Snowboard Committee Minutes
View the minutes from the Snowboard Committee Meeting held on Saturday April 29...»
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SSA Snowboard Selection Policy
During its meeting on Saturday April 29, the Snowboard Committee resolved to make changes to the SSA Snowboard Selection Policy. To view the updated policy click here...

A World Junior Championships selection criteria was also implemented. To view the initial criteria please click here...

2006 Snowboard Calendar - DRAFT
The latest version of the snowboard calendar is now available. Please note this is a DRAFT...»
click here...(12/05/2006)

Lake Placid World Cup
Further to recent email and telephone correspondence in regard to selection for the Lake Placid snowboard event I would like to provide the following clarification...»
click here...(8/03/2006)

NSWIS rookie duo to start at Lake Placid World Cup
NSWIS rookie duo of Ben Johnson and Nathan Johnstone will join OWI athlete and Torino Olympian, Andrew Burton, to represent Australia at the World Cup Half Pipe...»
click here...(7/03/2006)

Snowboard Junior Championships
The Australian Junior World Championship Team has finished off a great week of competition at the 2006 Junior World Championships held at Vivaldi Park in Korea...»
click here...(20/02/2006)

Shaw wins final pre Olympic event
SSA Snowboarder Johanna Shaw has completed her final Olympic lead up event with great success, winning the Nor-Am Parallel Giant Slalom in Steamboat, Colorado, USA...»
click here...(01/02/2006)

Bright signals halfpipe medal potential
Torah Bright has finished in second place in the Winter X Games halfpipe in Aspen, Colorado, declaring her candidacy for a place on the Torino 2006 podium...»
click here...(30/01/2006)

Mates qualifies for Torino
A day after the first top ten result of his career, Mitch Allan has just missed out on making another final, finishing in 14th place in the second of two World events In Leysin, Switzerland...»
click here...(23/01/2006)

Allan qualifies as Crawford makes fourth
Mitch Allan has ridden to his first top ten placing of the season, but more importantly registered the FIS point result he needed to qualify for a place in Torino 2006...»
click here...(23/01/2006)

Another top 20 to Oppliger
Emanuel Oppliger has posted another top 20 result in parallel giant slalom, finishing in 20th place in Kronplatz, Italy
Oppliger was in sixteenth place after the first qualification run...»
click here...(16/01/2006)

Lost baggage grounds qualification chance
The Olympic qualification chances of halfpipe team members Ben Mates and Mitch Allan have been set back by the second airline lost baggage problem to disrupt training and competition schedules of OWI athletes in the past ten days...»
click here...(11/01/2006)

Shaw rides to another PB
Johanna Shaw has ridden to another personal best, finishing in 18th place in a World Cup parallel giant slalom in Kreischberg, Austria...»
click here...(10/01/2006)

Junior World Snowboard Championships Team Announced
Ski & Snowboard Australia would like to congratulate all athletes that have been selected to compete at the 2006 Junior World Championships in Vivaldi Park, Korea, February, 2006...»
click here...(5/01/2006)

Another top ten to Hayler
Australian snowboarder Damon Hayler has ridden to his second top ten result of the season, finishing tenth in a snowboard World Cup in Bad Gastein, Austria...»
click here...(5/01/2006)

Snowboard cross: Thomas third in US Snowboard Cross Championships
SSA Snowboarder Emily Thomas has placed third in the US Snowboard Cross Championships event at Mt Hood, Oregon, USA...»
click here...(22/12/2005)

Snowboard PGS: PBs and Olympic qualifiers to Oppliger and Shaw
Emanuel Oppliger has ridden to the best performances of his career over the weekend, finishing sixth in the second of two snowboard World Cups in Le Relais, Canada...»
click here...(20/12/2005)

Halfpipe men meet AOC criteria - now for FIS
The OWI halfpipe men were in action over the weekend in Whistler alongside their fellow Australian alpine snowboarders....»
click here...(14/12/2005)

Top 15 to Torino-bound rider
Damon Hayler has ridden to 15th place in the World Cup snowboard cross event in Whistler, Canada...»
click here...(12/12/2005)

Snowboard Junior World Championships
Ski & Snowboard Australia are now accepting applications from athletes who wish to compete at the 2006 FIS Snowboard Junior World Championships in Korea from the 2 – 6 of February...»
click here...(14/10/2005)

Bronze and Olympic qualification...
Snowboarder Damon Hayler has claimed a bronze medal in a snowboard cross World Cup event in Saas-Fee, Switzerland...»
click here...(24/10/2005)

World Cup Dates
Click here to view the latest FIS Snowboard World Cup calendar...»
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Australian duo take first step...
Snowboarders Jo Shaw and Emanuel Oppliger have both posted top 60 per cent results in the opening parallel giant slalom World Cup of the season...»
click here...(18/10/2005)

Australia gains new winter sports medallist...
Halfpipe snowboard rider Holly Crawford has become the latest Australian to climb onto a podium in World Cup competition, claiming a bronze medal in the opening event of the season in Valle Nevado, Chile...»
click here...(16/09/2005)

Halfpipe rider meets...
Olympic Winter Institute halfpipe rider Holly Crawford has met the performance criteria for selection to the Australian team for Torino 2006 after finishing in sixth place in the qualifying round of a World Cup in Valle Nevado, Chile...»
click here...(14/09/2005)

Halfpipe team ready...
The OWIA Halfpipe Team has just completed one of its most successful training camps it has had, riding New Zealand’s Snow Park Resort halfpipe...»
click here...(13/09/2005)

NSW Junior Pro Halfpipe Series
The Pipe at Perisher was in great shape for the first of 2 planned events, and the standard of riding was high. Everyone had a great time and enjoyed a sausage sizzle to finish off the days activities...»
click here...(25/08/2005)

NSWIS/SSA TID REPORT
The NSWIS TID Camp last weekend had an awesome turn out with some of the best young halfpipe riders in Australia...»
click here...(19/08/2005)

Pullin and Hickey win Ballistyx! Snowboard Title
Some of Australia’s best Boardercross athletes headed to Mt Hotham to compete in the Ballistyx! Snowboard Titles..»
click here...(18/08/2005)

OWIA Snowboard update...
Following a six week training camp in Mammoth Mountain, the OWI halfpipe team has commenced another big winter of training here in Perisher Blue ski resort. Perisher plays host to the team because it has one of the only super pipes in Australia...»
click here...(12/08/2005)

Halfpipe Cancelled
Due to difficult snow conditions the Halfpipe has been cancelled from the Ballistyx! Snowboard Titles at Mt Hotham. The event was scheduled for Sunday 14th of August. The Boardercross event on Saturday 13 August will go ahead as planned

Thomas 3rd in Season Opener
Emily Thomas has finished third in the opening boardercross event of the 2005/6 season...»
click here...(09/08/2005)

SBX and PGS Cancelled at World Industries National Championships
The Parallel Giant Slalom and Boardercross events have been cancelled from the World Industries National Championships schedule. The events which were to be held on the 5th and 7th of August had to be cancelled due to poor snow conditions. The Halfpipe competition scheduled for Saturday 6th of August will still go ahead. For further information please contact the Mt Buller Race Department on 03 5777 7860.

NSWIS/SSA Snowboard Halfpipe Talent ID Camp
It is our goal to get snowboard athletes onto the podium at World Cup and Olympic Games events. Therefore, we have established a national talent id / transfer program, managed by NSW Institute of Sport and Ski Snowboard Australia that directly underpins the Olympic Winter Institute World Cup program...»
click here...(18/07/2005)

NSWS Junior Pro Halfpipe Series
Dakine and Sacred Ride are proud to present the NSW Junior Pro Halfpipe Series to be held at Perisher. The series which is open to Youth (10-14 y.o) and Junior (15-19 y.o) age categories will be competed over three weekends.

For further information please click here... 

World Industries National Championships Announcement
In what is set to be Australia’s best snowboard event, Mt Buller plays host to a massive three-day weekend on 5th-7th August 2005...»
click here...(8/07/2005)

Updated Snowboard Selection Policy
At the Snowboard Discipline Committee meeting held in April it was decided to update the Snowboard Selection Policy. To view the latest Selection Policy click here

Burton ends year at number ten in the world
Andrew Burton has finished the 2005 World Cup halfpipe season with a ranking of number ten in the world, the highest of his career...»
click here...(21/03/2005)

Bright 4th, Burton 10th…
The World Super Pipe Championships Pro event was held in Park City, Utah, over the weekend, with Torah Bright and Andrew Burton the two Australian riders in the high class field...»
click here...(15/03/2005)

2005 Snowboard Junior World Championship Team Announced.
Ski & Snowboard Australia is pleased to announce the Australian Team which will compete at the Snowboard Junior World...»
click here...(8/03/2005)

Burton moves up to…
Australian halfpipe snowboarder Andrew Burton has finished in sixth place in a World Cup competition in Lake Placid, moving up to eighth place on the 2004/05 World Cup standings in the process...»
click here...(7/03/2005)

Steph Hickey Wins…
Ski & Snowboard Australia rider Stephanie Hickey has continued her recent form by winning her second straight Nor Am Boardercross event in Nakiska, Canada...»
click here...(1/03/2005)

Bright collects gold in Japanese pro event
Torah Bright has continued the great form she demonstrated on the Torino 2006 Olympic site two weeks ago, winning the Nippon Open in Fukushima, Japan, at the weekend...»
click here...(28/02/2005)

Burton just misses…
Andrew Burton has had another strong result in World Cup halfpipe, finishing in 11th place in the first of two events in Sungwoo, Korea...»
click here...(28/02/2005)

Jo Shaw wins second...
Ski and Snowboard Australia rider Jo Shaw has continued her recent form, winning her second straight Nor-Am Parallel Slalom race, as well as finishing third in the Parallel Giant-Slalom in Mount Norquay, Canada...»
click here...(15/02/2005)

Back to back bronze..
Torah Bright has won back to back bronze medals on the Torino 2006 Olympic venue of Bardonecchia, after securing an Olympic qualifying result with the first podium...»
click here...(14/02/2005)

Bronze and Olympic qualifier to Bright
Torah Bright has won a bronze medal in a World Cup halfpipe in Bardonecchia, Italy, posting a qualifying result for the Torino Winter Oympics in the process...»
click here...(11/02/2005)

Halfpipe team train on Olympic pipe
Australia’s snowboard halfpipe team has had its first day of training on the Torino 2006 site in Bardonecchia in preparation for World Cup events on Thursday and Friday evenings AEDT...»
click here...(09/02/2005)

Jo Shaw wins second straight Nor-Am PSL
Ski and Snowboard Australia rider Jo Shaw has continued her recent form, winning her second straight Nor-Am Parallel Slalom race, as well as finishing third in the Parallel Giant-Slalom in Mount Norquay, Canada...»
click here...(09/02/2005)

Shaw wins in Squaw Nor-Am
Jo Shaw has recovered from the bout of bronchitis which she suffered during the week of the World Championships to post two podium places in parallel slalom and parallel giant slalom in Squaw, California...»
click here...(08/02/2005)

2005 Snowboard Junior World Championships
The 2005 Snowboard Junior World Championships are this year being held in Arosa, Switzerland from April 5-8, 2005.

Ski & Snowboard Australia is now taking applications from eligible athletes wishing to compete at the Junior World Championships.

For further information click here

Qualifying falls end Bright’s halfpipe title hopes
Falls in both her qualifying runs have cost Torah Bright any chance of a finals berth in the World Championship halfpipe in Whistler, British Columbia...»
click here...(25/01/2005)

Top 20 in parallel GS to Australian rider
Australian rider Emanuel Oppliger has missed a place in the 16-man finals round of the parallel giant slalom at the World Snowboard Championships by just half a second...»
click here...(19/01/2005)

Thomas, Haylor the best in World Championships opener
Emily Thomas has led the Australian challenge in the opening snowboard cross event at the World Snowboard Championship, placing 22nd in a field of 41 riders...»
click here... (17/01/2005)

Thirteen in Snowboard World Championship team
The World Snowboard Championships get under way on January 16, with Australia naming a 13 member team to make the journey to Whistler, Canada...»
click here... (11/01/2005)

Begg-Smith sixth in opening World Cup moguls
Australian moguls skier Dale Begg-Smith has opened the 2004/05 World Cup season with a sixth place in Tignes, France...
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Thomas’ Good Form Continues
Emily Thomas has continued her promising form in snowboard cross, placing 27th in a Europa Cup event in Moelltaler-Gletscher, Austria...»
more... (13/12/04)

2006 Winter Olympic Team Nomination Criteria
The SSA Board have approved the 2006 Winter Olympic Team Nomination Criteria for Alpine and is now available for download. click here... (22/10/04)

SSA Snowboard Halfpipe Development Team
The Snowboard Halfpipe Development Team has been finalised and are currently preparing for their six week training camp at Mammoth Mountain, California beginning in January.

The members of the team are:
	Abi Bright
	Jesse Hayman
	Ben Johnson
	Nathan Johnstone
	Max Long
	Samuel Murphy

We will be keeping you updated with the team progress during this time so keep an eye on the SSA website.

Snowboard Committee Minutes
To view the minutes from the last Snowboard Committee Meeting please click here...

Halfpipe Development Program Dates Confirmed
Please be advised that the new dates for the SSA Snowboard Halfpipe Development Program have been confirmed. The camp will now be held from Friday September 24 – Sunday September 26...» more... (30/08/04)

Southern Winter National SBX Squad Named
The SSA Snowboard Committee recently gathered to select the 2004 Southern Winter National SBX Squad. The purpose of selecting a squad was to identify a pool of riders from which to make selections for World Cup, Continental Cup and other International events during the Southern Winter...»
 more... (09/08/04)

Therapeutic Use Exemption Procedure
In accordance with the World Anti Doping Code a process has been put in place where athletes with documented medical conditions which require the use of a prohibited substance or method may request a Therapeutic Use Exemption...»
more... (02/08/04)

2004 SSA Halfpipe Development Program
Ski & Snowboard Australia (SSA) together with Perisher Blue and the Olympic Winter Institute (OWI) present the 2004 Australian halfpipe snowboard talent search...» more (20/07/04)

Snowboard Selection Policy
The Snowboard selection policy is now available. Please follow the link below and if you have any further queries please contact the Ski & Snowboard Australia office on 03 9696 2344...» more (06/08/04)

2004 Snowboard Calendar
The 2004 Snowboard Calendar is now available. click here... (30/06/04)

2004 Snowboard FIS Registration
The Snowboard FIS Registration forms are now available for the 2004 season. To download, please click the link below and if you require any further information please contact the Ski & Snowboard Australia office...» more (06/05/04)

Bright number two in world after first Australian snowboard victory, three men in top 15
Torah Bright has become the first Australian woman to win a World Cup snowboarding event, taking the gold in halfpipe at the 2006 Torino Olympic site of Bardonecchia...» more (15/03/04)

Bright moves to number three with third podium of season
Australian snowboarder Torah Bright has moved to the world number three ranking after collecting her second consecutive podium result in World Cup halfpipe in Japan overnight...» more (01/03/04)

Torah Bright rides to second snowboard medal
Australian snowboarder Torah Bright has won the bronze medal in a World Cup halfpipe event in Sapporo-Makomanai, Japan, her second podium result of the season from just three events...» more (23/02/04)

Best halfpipe result at world juniors
Kym Cragnolini has produced the best halfpipe performance by an Australian at a World Junior Championships, finishing 11th to edge ahead of the 13th placing recorded by Holly Crawford in the 2002 world junior event...» more (17/02/04)

Development team riders make podium
Ski & Snowboard Australia Development team snowboarders Michael Williams, Stephanie Hickey and Kym Cragnolini have all made podiums in Europa Cup and FIS races in Italy.

Williams collected bronze in a Europa Cup halfpipe in Piancavallo, then followed up with silver in a FIS event.

Cragnolini won silver in one women’s FIS halfpipe event and finished fifth in another, while Hickey also claimed a FIS silver medal, in snowboard cross.
Courtesy Sportcom/OWI... (13/02/04)

Shaw scores another top 20
Johanna Shaw has ridden to another top 20 result in World Cup, finishing 20th in snowboard cross in Berchtesgaden, Germany. The Ski & Snowboard Australia snowboarder missed the quarter final round by 1.8 seconds, but racked up her second top 20 for the season...» more (09/02/04)

Good result to Burton in Mammoth halfpipe
OWI halfpipe rider Andrew Burton has produced one of his best performances of the season at the Vans Triple Crown event in Mammoth Mountain, California...» more (03/02/04)