Skiing is my passion and my life, and I am super grateful for having the opportunity to travel the world competing on the FWT in pursuit of what I love.

I've been competing internationally for 9 years and have requalified for my third season in a row skiing on the Freeride World Tour, after completing the 2018 season ranked 13th in the world!

I unfortunately missed the 2019 and 2020 tours due to injury, which I am now on the way back from!

My next objective is to go hard in FWT 2021 and see if I can keep this thing rolling on for a while longer!

At home, during the NZ winter, I work as the head coach for the Treble Cone Freeride team.
Coaching freeride at Treble cone is unreal! We are super lucky to have such amazing terrain right on our back doorstep. It is the ultimate resort for freeriders to cut their teeth and perfect their art!

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I started skiing in my home country of New Zealand when I was 2 and a half years old and have skied every winter since, and then some.

I began competing at the age of 8 when I took up ski racing on the weekends at Mt Ruapehu in the North Island.

By the time I was 16 I decided that Freeride was what I really had passion for, and made the switch from racing - best decision so far!

Originally growing up in Auckland, my family relocated to the small ski town of Wanaka when I was 13. 
A move which I attribute to my love of mountains and all things adventure and nature related.

 

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This website is stacked with everything related to my life as a professional Freerider, including blog posts, videos, photos and any other interesting content I manage to get!

Have a gander!