Photo: FIS Park & Pipe
The Winter Olympics are just months away in Italy, and New Zealand snow sports athletes are hoping a new 2.3 million dollar dry slope in the Cardrona Valley will be a game changer for some.
The slope at the bottom of the Cardrona mountain road allows athletes to practice and perfect tricks: jumps, flips, spins and grabs all year round. It's soon to be in operation, more than three years after the idea was first mooted.
A steep green mat built from thousands of interlocking tiles designed to let skis and snowboards carve in and grip - the slope will give athletes the traction they need to launch into jumps, with a safe landing.
Kathryn speaks with the chief executive of Snow Sports New Zealand, Nic Cavanagh.
Snowsports NZ's new dry slope facility in Cardrona valley. Photo: RNZ
