Dear Park and Pipe Community,

As the northern winter winds down for the 2023-24 season, let’s take a look at the March Park & Pipe results and the final upcoming Europa Cup competitions.

March saw the conclusion of the Park and Pipe World Cup season highlighted by Valentino Guseli finishing 3^rd in the Slopestyle event at Silvaplana, securing back-to-back Overall Park and Pipe Crystal Globes for the young gun. Congratulations to Valentino! NSWIS Snowboarder Mela Stalker was able to post her best result for the season after making finals at Tignes and finishing in 9^th place.

In Freeski, NSWIS skier Abi Harrigan finished 12^th in both Big Air and Slopestyle at Tignes and 11^th in Slopestyle at Silvaplana while Kai Martin was able to get his best place on the World Cup stage in Tignes after finishing 24^th in the Slopestyle event.

Full results for each event can be viewed below.

Tignes (FRA) Freeski

Silvaplana (SUI) Freeski

Tignes (FRA) Snowboard

Silvaplana(SUI) Snowboard

The 2024 FIS Park and Pipe Junior World Championships were held in Livigno, Italy at the end of March. Australia was represented by three snowboarders (James Garth, Zephyr Whitelaw-Holmes, and Taj Curran) and two freeskiers (Toby McIlwaine and Joey Elliss). James Garth was the best of the Aussies, making it through to the finals in the Snowboard Slopestyle event, finishing in 11^th place in what were challenging conditions for all involved.

Full results for the Park and Pipe Junior World Championships can be viewed below.

Full Freeski results

Full Snowboard results

The last Europa Cup event of the season wraps up this week with events in Corvatsch, Switzerland, and Kitzsteinhorn, Austria. Nine Aussie athletes will compete at Corvatsch in the Slopestyle and Big Air events in both Freeski and Snowboard, while three Snowboarders will make the journey to compete at Kitzsteinhorn in the Slopestyle and Big Air events in what will conclude their international season.

The full results for these events can be viewed here.

Corvatsch ECP Freeski results

Corvatsch ECP Snowboard results

Kitzsteinhorn EC Snowboard results

Thanks for following along this Northern Winter season, stay tuned for more monthly updates as we draw closer to the Southern Winter!

Don't forget that tickets for the 2024 Snow Australia Awards are now available and members of the broader snowsports community are invited to join us in Melbourne on Thursday May 2 to celebrate the incredible achievements of our athletes overseas. More information and tickets are available here.

All the best.

Park and Pipe National Discipline Committee

Australian teen snowboard prodigy Valentino Guseli has recorded his first slopestyle podium of the season at the perfect time, with his bronze medal performance snatching the overall park and pipe Crystal Globe in a dramatic final day of the season in Silvaplana, Switzerland.

The overall park and pipe Crytal Globe includes results from halfpipe, big air and slopestyle and heading into the final day of competition for the season, Guseli needed to finish well ahead of Japanese rider Ryoma Kimata who had a significant lead in the standings, to defend the historic title he won last year as a 17-year-old.

In qualifying, Kimata had his worst performance of the season finishing in 50th, with Gueli advancing to the final in first place, which meant he would need to finish in fourth place or better to snatch the Crystal Globe.

In the best of two fun final, Guseli had two consistent runs, opening with a score of 77.31, and then improved in the second run, receiving a score of 83.77 points from the judges to give him the bronze medal and enough points to secure back-to-back overall Crystal Globes.

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has congratulated Australia’s winter athletes and the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia (OWIA) on a record-breaking 2023-2024 World Cup season across winter sport.

The World Cup season saw Australian athletes clinch an unprecedented 50 World Cup medals (18 gold, 16 silver, 16 bronze), shattering the previous record of 35 medals set during the 2016-2017 season.

The Snow Australia Awards recognises the achievements of our snowsports athletes and coaches on the world stage. The Awards have been presented in various forms for over 30 years and have highlighted the achievements of Australia's best ski and snowboard athetes and coaches as well as recognising the work of individuals and organsiations from the wider Australian Snowsports industry. Follow the link below to view previous award winners.

The Snow Australia Canberra Snow Sale will be held on Saturday May 11 at EPIC, Exhibition Park in Canberra. 

A long-standing community event on the calendar, it is a great opportunity to buy and/or sell new and pre-loved snow sports equipment ahead of the winter season.

All proceeds from the event go towards supporting local snow sports programs and events.

For sale will be preloved second-hand ski and snowboard items along with new items from local retail stores. The whole family will be catered for with children to adult sizes available.