Dear Snowboard Community,

August marked an eventful month for Australian riders with Mt Hotham playing host to the SBX ANC and FIS JNR SBX races. The races were action packed with Australian talent filling out the podiums for each race.

The FIS JNR SBX race was taken out by Maya Billingham and Cameron Turner in the Women’s and Men’s event, following that in the SBX ANC 1, was a nail-biting finish that saw Cam Bolton topping the Men’s podium, with Mia Clift finishing strong in the Women’s race and claiming victory. Bolton continued his winning ways in the second ANC with fellow OWIA athlete, Josie Baff claiming the gold in the 3rd women’s ANC. Finally, after a lengthy break of over 6 years in FIS level Snowboard racing, former NSWIS athlete, Matthew Thomas came away with the win in the final Men’s ANC race.

You can view the full results from each race at the following link to see how all our Aussie competitors went:

FIS Snowboard - Mt Hotham Results

Due to the deteriorating snow conditions, the Chumpy Pullin FIS JNR SBX Series stops at Thredbo were unable to go ahead. Due to this, a similar format that was used last year was followed to determine the points and winners, with the combined results of all FIS JNR aged athletes from the FIS JNR SBX race at Hotham and the three ANC races being used.

From this, Maya Billingham and Cameron Turner each claimed this year’s Chumpy Series title, congratulations to both Maya and Cameron! You can see the full results from the series on the following event page.

2024 FIS JNR SBX Series - Snow Australia

It was great to see so many young Snowboarders competing at their respective State Interschools events earlier this month. National Interschools is right around the corner with the event kicking off next week at Perisher. We’re looking forward to seeing the next generation of Snowboard racers battle it out to see who can be crowned the Australian Interschools Champion for their respect gender and division. 

We hope everyone enjoys the remainder of the season.

All the best,

Snowboard Discipline Committee
Snow Australia

The FIS JNR SBX Series powered by the Chumpy Pullin Foundation has been run and won for another year, with organisers getting creative in the face of adverse weather affecting the original program.

With the first series of races at Hotham completed earlier this month, competition was heating up however the cancellation of this week's racing in Thredbo due to poor conditions forced organisations to get creative.

Competitors' results from ANC races were carried forward to provide additional race results and determine the overall champions for 2024.

In the end of was Winter Youth Olympian Cameron Turner who took out the men's event, while Maya Billingham claimed the women's crown.

Billingham won the JNR SBX Series race at Hotham before finishing on the podium three more times to not only claim the title, but also finish on top of the Australian New Zealand Cup standings.

The Australia New Zealand Cup is an important competition which not only provides top level racing during the domestic sesaon but also provides an opportunity for athletes to potentially advance to racing on the world stage.

Mount Hotham provided the perfect venue for Ski Cross and Snowboard Cross racing from Wednesday 14th to Saturday 17th August on the back of a highly succesful Snow Australia FUTURES camp and the opening round of the FIS JNR SBX Series powered by the Chumpy Pullin Foundation.

As Snow Australia's FUTURES programs continue across the domestic season, more than 80 talented ski and snowboard cross athletes descended on Mount Hotham for two days of on-and-off snow training and education sessions.

Not only were the athletes led by some of the country's top coaches, leading athletes were also on hand to lend their expertise.

James Johnstone, Josie Baff, Adam Lambert and Cam Bolton were all on hand to help athletes with everything from course knowledge to starting technique. With a week of racing set to continue over the rest of the week, it was the perfect opportunity for up and coming athletes to hone their skills before taking it into competition. They were joined by fellow athletes Kyra Wheatley, Liam Michael, Emerson Facer, Mia Clift, Abbey Wilson, Kobi Dent, Declan Dent, Will McCarthy and Angus Jones.

The Subaru NSW / ACT / QLD State Interschool Championships have come to a close at Perisher today, Friday 23 August. 

Over the 5 days of competition more than 1,800 students participated from 255 schools.

This is the largest participation event to be held at Perisher for the 2024 season with almost 4,000 entries, Snow Australia wishes to extend thanks to the school coordinators, volunteer course officials and Perisher Race Department and Management for helping run a successful event. 

The number of schools, students and entries in the Championships saw a 7% increase in entries from the previous year. In particular, there was growth in the cross country and slopestyle disciplines. On one day alone, there were 1,107 race starts.

Snow Australia spoke with Juan George (pictured) from Cronulla High School who competed in the Snowboard events.

FUTURES is underway for another year and the first disicipline for 2024 was Alpine Snowboard.

Perisher played host on Monday 15 July, with a jam-packed schedule for all participants.

Those who were lucky enough to attend received coaching from some of the best.