Today, Perisher unveiled the re-naming of Cold Shoulder in Blue Cow, best known for being a training ground for aspiring young mogul skiers.
Cold Shoulder accessible off the Brumby T-Bar is now officially re-named Mogul Matt’s. At the age of 19 Matt made his Olympic debut in Moguls at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Graham came agonisingly close to making the super-final in Sochi, finishing seventh.
After training hard for the next 4 years and achieving multiple World Cup podium results, Graham headed to the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games ranked 3rd in the world. Matt put Australia on the medal tally with a stunning silver medal winning performance.
Matt Graham said “It’s a great honour to be recognised today with the naming of Mogul Matt’s. I’ve spent heaps of time skiing here as a junior mogul skier in both training and competition. The run brings back a lot of great memories.”
Perisher is Graham’s home mountain, “I learnt to to ski here when I was three years old and I plan to be skiing here for as long as I physically can! I got my first taste of Mogul Skiing when I joined the Perisher Winter Sports Club program back in 2002” says Matt Graham.
“Matt is a huge role model for aspiring athletes and will always remain one of Australia’s most internationally successful skiers, and we are so pleased to name Mogul Matt’s after him” says Peter Brulisauer, Perisher’s Chief Operating Officer.
The unveiling of Mogul Matt’s happened in conjunction with the start of the Perisher Junior Mogul Championship; an event designed to introduce young athletes to the next level of competition, it provides a platform for Junior mogul athletes to show their stuff in a fun competivite environment.
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Further to the naming of Mogul Matt’s, Perisher today announced a $260,000 investment in snowmaking on Toppa’s Dream. This investment will see automated snowmaking installed on Toppa’s Dream allowing this iconic run to be open earlier each winter providing a longer training period for the Australian and visiting International mogul skiing teams each winter.
It’s about time here in Australia we started honouring our snow sports heroes.
In Canada at Big White resort, they reamed Serwas run, named after Cliff Serwa, a co-founder of Big White, to that of his Pyongyang Olympic Gold winning grand daughter Kelsey Serwa.
So, where are the Camplin, Lassilla and Bright named runs to remind and inspire future champions. Oh that’s right, those ladies only won gold medals.
A lot to learn Australia.
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