Dear Snowboard Community,

I hope you are having a great season. Conditions have been fabulous, and competitions are in full swing.

Races at Thredbo and Mt Buller have been completed for the Snow Australia FIS JNR SBX Series - Powered by the Chumpy Pullin Foundation. 

There has been some great racing with good entry numbers at each event. Ahead of the third leg of the series at Mt Hotham next week the Leaderboard is as follows:

Women’s

• Lara Walsh        
• Alize Steggall    
• Emily Lawson   

Men’s

• Max Vardy
• Cameron Turner
• Angus Jones      

The full leader board can be found on the FIS JNR SBX Series webpage.

An overall National Champion in both men’s and women’s divisions will also be announced at the conclusion of the series.

If you have not yet registered for the Hotham event click here.

We are excited to have the SBX FUTURES return to Hotham after an enforced break. The SBX Futures is a Talent Identification (TID) and skill development initiative by Snow Australia with support from the OWIA and NSWIS Athletes and Coaches. The program is designed to lead into the Hotham Groms Race, FIS JNR SBX Series and ANC SBX Races and provides participants with an authentic high-performance training experience over two days on course with the OWIA and NSWIS SBX Teams. Register for SBX Futures at Hotham HERE

The event dates at Mt Hotham are as follows:

• Monday 29 August - FUTURES
• Tuesday 30 August - FUTURES
• Wednesday 31 August - FIS JNR SBX Series Race and Hotham Groms Race
• Thursday 01 September - ANC SBX Race 1
• Friday 02 September - ANC SBX Race 2
• Saturday 03 September - ANC SBX Race 3
• Sunday 04 September - Event Weather Day

Thank you to the Chumpy Pullin Foundation for supporting the FIS JNR SBX Series. Please take the time to learn more about the great work the Chumpy Pullin Foundation is doing and support their initiatives by making a donation.

Good luck to all and enjoy the snow.

Rob Dickson
Chair- National Snowboard Committee

Snow Australia is pleased to present the FIS JNR SBX Series Leader Board, which is now live on the JNR SBX Series webpage.

The FIS JNR SBX Series provides an ideal development opportunity for the next generation of snowboard cross athletes.

In its inaugural year, the tour has already made two stops around Australia, with great opening weekends in Thredbo and Mt Buller.

With two consecutive wins under their belt, Max Vardy and Lara Walsh find themselves atop of the FIS JNR SBX Series leaderboard.

The full Race Results for Mt Buller can be found here.

What a wild ride the last 4 years have been. Between dealing with injury, managing travel, training, and competing with covid, a World Championships and an Olympic Games all thrown together it feels like we have hardly had time to take a breath! Now, 6 months post games I am sitting down to write this athlete spotlight and I am reflecting on how awesome and lucky we have been to be able to continue doing what we do. As well as the level of commitment we as athletes must put into our craft to ensure we are performing at our best.

Snowboard Committee Working Group

We now a little over half way through the season and who could believe!

Regional Interschools north of the border have been completed with the State Interschools currently in progress at Perisher and Mt Buller. It’s great to see athletes in their race bibs navigating around the resorts from event to event, all with smiles on their faces.

We have also seen two FIS JNR SBX Series events held, one in Thredbo and the other in Mt Buller, together with the Transfer Banked Slalom held at Thredbo with a number of Athletes participating from all disciplines of Snowboarding.

The SCWG has set up a TeamAPP profile to help connect community members and improve communication with what is going on during the upcoming events. Simply log onto TeamApp and search for AUS Snowboard Community.

Mt Buller Community Update

Despite poor weather conditions, the second round of the FIS JNR SBX Series took place at Mt Buller on the 14^th August. Thanks to the huge contribution from all the coaches, Volunteers, Mt Buller Race and Events Team, and the behind-the-scenes effort from Mt Buller Race Club and Mt Buller for producing a fantastic course in the week leading up to the event.  

It was a great event with the younger athletes gaining some valuable race experience.  Congratulations to the winners Max Vardy and Lara Walsh consolidating their positions at the top of the leader board.  Unfortunately, weather got worse as the day went on and the King of the Mountain (KOM) SBX event, planned for the same day had to be cancelled.

The Buller Slopestyle event was held the same weekend with Alasdair Coates taking out the Mens snowboard Slopestyle comp.

Mt Buller Race Club managed to run the previously cancelled KOM GS on the summit with beautiful weather prevailing over the weekend. Will Martin was the winner of the SNB Jnr Mens and Lara Walsh the winner of the SNB Jnr Ladies event.

Mount Hotham Community Update

The team at Mount Hotham are busy gearing up for what will be a big week between 29 August to 4 September when hosting the Snow Australia SBX Futures, the 3rd leg of the FIS JNR SBX Series and the ANC (Australia and New Zealand Cup) events.

The Futures program, part of the Athlete development pathway, provides a great opportunity for up and coming athletes to obtain some valuable insights where Athletes at the OWIA and NSWIS level share their experiences and provide some of their skill development knowledge.

The FIS JNR SBX Series is hotly contested and Hotham provides the opportunity for athletes to show their skills on a course known for its technical nature, big features and world class length.

The ANC’s return after 2 year break which will provide an opportunity for all athletes from OWIA level to emerging junior athletes to come together and experience racing on a world class level.

Hotham Race Team, coaches, volunteers and supporters are all looking forward to the return to racing at Mount Hotham.