New Zealand is once again leading the way in the evolution of competitive snow sports with the announcement that August’s 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games will feature dual sanctioning between TTR (Ticket to Ride) and FIS (Federation International de Ski) for snowboard events and FIS and AFP (Association of Freeski Professionals) for free ski events. The event will also feature the first ever FIS sanctioned freeski big air event. New Zealand was instrumental in getting freeski halfpipe and ski cross events included in the 2014 Winter Olympics following the FIS Snowboard & Freestyle Junior World Championships in 2010 in Lake Wanaka which marked the first time freeski and snowboarding had been combined at a world championship level

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100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games to make history