Jamie Prebble

The New Zealand season feels like it has finished almost as quickly as it started. I made some big changes to my skiing which I am very excited about and can’t wait to take overseas for the World Cup circuit, with the final push to make Olympic Qualification.

It was great to have the Australian Ski Cross team out in NZ for a month and to show them around my backyard.

We started off with some free skiing at Craigieburn Ski Area and some powder skiing- check out Anton’s and my “sick line.” Photo: Katya Crema

On to Mt Hutt for alpine training. We had some awesome Super G and Giant Slalom training where I got to crush some alpine panels, I still really enjoy this and I was even mixing it up the other NZ alpine boys.

-Some interesting shadows. Me on left, USA, AUS

Next up was a Ski Cross camp at Cardrona. The track they built was soooo much fun, it took them over a week to build, it had some huge features/ jumps and was attended by ski and snowboard athletes from Australia, USA, Canada, France, Switzerland, Norway and NZ! The camp was run over 2 weeks, with perfect weather the first half and some ‘average’ weather the next, however I ensured I got as many runs in the track as physically possible.

It was great to have the opportunity to play around with the new skills I have learnt and comparing head to head against others. Happy to say that I am skiing fast and when I look back one year, the changes I have made are dramatic.

– Me jumping the Step-up Gap!

I will put together a video of some of the action during the camp shortly- watch this space!

– Several of the athletes did ice recovery together in the lake. Not a bad backdrop… Photo: Anton Grimus

– even had a sneaky cold waterski after training. Photo: Anton Grimus

One of the TV commercial I was involved in for ‘Glenmorangie Whisky’ is available and I am now allowed to show you. See the video below. All of the skiing shots are me!!

Also have a look at the video review I made for my Helly Hansen Verglas Down Jacket.