Cardrona may be best known as a family resort but it also boasts 21 freestyle winter olympic medalists & new terrain parks for 2014.
Olympic hopeful snowboarders and skiers descended upon Cardrona on New Zealand’s South Island in the winter of 2013. They knew a good thing when they saw it and Cardrona’s Olympic sized super pipe, their halfpipe and terrain parks have long been known by those in the freestyle know as more than a good thing.
It makes for fun ski and snowboard super star spotting if you’re on a snow day out at Cardrona. Many an excited grommet has found him or herself on the chairlift with the likes of Torah Bright, Gus Kenworthy, Kim Lamarre and even Shaun White. Not bad company for a family day out.
The Cardrona southern hemisphere 2013 training ground paid off for twenty one skiers and boarders who secured themselves a Winter Olympic medal at Sochi in February this year.
Snowboard Slopestyle
Mens: Sage Kotsenburg, Ståle Sandbech
Womens: Jamie Anderson, Enni Rukajärvi, Jenny Jones
Snowboard Halfpipe
Mens: Iouri Podladtchikov, Ayumu Hirano, Taku Hiraoka
Womens: Kaitlyn Farrington, Torah Bright, Kelly Clark
Ski Slopestyle
Mens: Joss Christensen, Gus Kenworthy, Nick Goepper
Womens: Dara Howell, Devin Logan, Kim Lamarre
Ski Halfpipe
Mens: David Wise, Mike Riddle
Womens: Maddie Bowman, Ayana Onozuka
New Terrain Parks for 2014
Cardrona have mixed it up in 2014 with a new terrain park and freestyle offering. All the parks have been renamed to reflect the new stag logo of Cardrona.
Big Bucks Park (was Heavy Metal) – home of NZ’s only World Cup homologated slope style course
Stag Lane (was Playzone)
Antlers Alley – this is a new intermediate Terrain Park including a small triple line
Lil Bucks Park (was Westerns) – a beginner park
Bambi Way – this is new and on the bunny slopes so perfect for tiny tots
Of course the resort still boasts an Olympic Superpipe, an International Halfpipe and a Big Air plus Gravity X course.
Cardrona will be home again to some of the worlds best skiers and boarders for The North Face Open slopestyle and halfpipe AFP event from August 28 to 31 and the Burton High Five Series from September 18 to 20.
For more information visit www.cardrona.com and www.cardrona.com/parksnz/
Wow we know love in Cardrona & are training every day up the mountain. Man life is tough… 🙂
I love Cardrona, except when Australian and NZ school holidays overlap. That’s when you really notice the low lift capacity. More lifts please … And more advanced terrain.