Cardrona

Cardrona — Rhythm and Alps is excited to unveil the second line up for this year’s festival with the addition of 16 new acts to the bill.  With over 40 international and local acts on two stages at the beautiful Robrosa Station in the Cardrona Valley, Wanaka, festival organisers are expecting the festival to sell out by the end of this month.

By Rhythm and Alps Festival
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Cardrona — The latest in a series of catchment meetings to help determine a minimum flow for the Cardrona River and level for the Cardrona Aquifer is being held in Wanaka next week.

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Cardrona — The final day of competition at the 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games brought with it some memorable highlights with riders going out huge with tricks of true World Cup standard.

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Cardrona — Over 80 young snowboarders today took on the massive 22ft halfpipe at Cardrona in a bid to earn a prized spot in tomorrow’s semi finals and an opportunity to ride for the 2010 Junior World Championship title.

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Cardrona — The USA dominated today as Bobby Brown (19) and Jamie Crane-Mauzy (17) made history as the first freeski slopestyle world champions at the 2010 Junior Snowboard & Freestyle World Championships.

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Cardrona — August 13, 2010: The final day of the 5Star Burton New Zealand Open went off today featuring men’s and women’s halfpipe finals at Cardrona Alpine Resort.

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Cardrona — The process for determining future water management for the Cardrona River catchment will be outlined at a public information day near Wanaka later this month.

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Cardrona — Three Cardrona Alpine Resort team athletes will battle it out on the world stage at Winter X Games 14 kicking off in Aspen, Colorado tomorrow.

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Cardrona — The Wanaka Police and Land Search and Rescue teams spent the afternoon searching for two missing Israeli tourists who were reported lost by a third member of the party.

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Cardrona — As part of the private pre-Olympic Pipe Camp the BAGJUMP has been set up at Cardrona Alpine Resort, the first time it has been used in New Zealand.

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Cardrona — The world’s best snowboarders and skiers are taking advantage of Cardrona Alpine Resort’s 22ft halfpipe, one of very few in the world currently open, for a private Pre-Olympic Pipe Camp in the lead up to Vancouver 2010.

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Cardrona — Competitors and families returned to Cardrona Alpine Resort today for day two of the 2009 Snowboard and Freeski Junior Nationals.

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Cardrona — The 2009 Snowboard and Freeski Junior Nationals got underway today at Cardrona Alpine Resort with the K2 Big Mountain Ski qualifiers, the Sessions Skier Cross and Smith Snowboard Giant Slalom (GS).

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Cardrona — After the wild weather of previous days, conditions mellowed but tricks remained intense for the freeski halfpipe at 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games.

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Cardrona — High winds created even higher drama today for the LG Snowboard FIS World Cup Halfpipe final, part of 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games.

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Cardrona — Snowboard superstars hit Cardona’s Olympic halfpipe today as 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games continued in extremely variable weather.

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Cardrona — In a complete contrast to yesterday’s conditions the wind, snow and sleet made for interesting racing in the freestyle discipline, bringing the cross country competition for the 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games to a close today.

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Cardrona — Perfect conditions greeted forty international riders as snowboard action at 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games switched to Cardrona for boarder-cross.

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Cardrona — It’s less than 24 hours until the LG Snowboard FIS World Cup Halfpipe at Cardrona Alpine Resort as part of the inaugural 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games.

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Cardrona — Halfpipe Olympic gold medallist, multiple X Games champion, and possibly the best known snowboarder in the world, Shaun White, is confirmed to start at 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games, competing in the LG Snowboard FIS World Cup Halfpipe on Wednesday 26 August at Cardrona Alpine Resort.

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Cardrona — Riding with confidence on his home mountain, Wanaka’s Jossi Wells captured the pinnacle event of the season Thursday, winning the Men’s halfpipe competition at the Volkl NZ Freeski Open at Cardrona Alpine Resort.

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Cardrona — The Sport of Freeskiing was taken to a new level today, highlighted by the style and technical riding of USAs Bobby Brown who took first place in the Mens Slopestyle competition at the Volkl NZ Freeski Open 2009, at Cardrona Alpine Resort.

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