Kiwis dominate slopestyle at Winter Games NZ

Mon 24 August 09

NZ girl Shelly Gotlieb wins the womens competition with Brit Aimee Fuller coming third. In the mens it was Stef Zeestraten who completed the NZ domination

Great weather conditions prevailed for day two of the 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games at The Remarkables. The Snowboard-Slopestyle qualifications kicked off with New Zealanders making up over half of the 30 strong qualifying field, six of whom made it through to the final 12.

Head Slopestyle Judge, Ola Sundequist said the number of New Zealanders in the field was a great reflection of the depth New Zealand's snowboarding talent. "Along with the high level of talent in the field there were a number of up and coming future Kiwi stars," he said.