Event information

Giant slalom

The GS courses will be set for successful completion by intermediate skiers and snowboarders who may have had no previous experience with gates. A large range of ability has been evident each year, ranging from apparent complete beginner to top New Zealand skiers and snowboarders

slopestyle

The slopestyle event will be held on the “medium” terrain features. It consists of jumps, boxes, rails, and other constructed features. Skiers and snowboarders entering this event must have experience using and be competent on these features, with control and skill.

important dates

Wednesday 3 September Standard Entries close at 9pm (after this date entries can't be guaranteed and would be by negotiation)
please note entries could close earlier due to number of entries

Monday 8 September Confirmation of entry details, event information, and lift pass information emailed

Sunday 14 September Course Assistants' meeting 6.00pm Ruapehu College Hall
Team Managers' meeting 7.00pm Ruapehu College Hall

Monday 15 September Giant Slalom - Skiing Tūroa Ski Field
Slopestyle - Snowboarding Tūroa Ski Field

Tuesday 16 September Slopestyle - Skiing Tūroa Ski Field
Giant Slalom - Snowboarding Tūroa Ski Field
Prizegiving TBC Ruapehu College Hall

Wednesday 17 September Back-up day if Monday and/or Tuesday is lost due to poor weather

ELIGIBILITY

As we are a School Sport New Zealand sanctioned event, we must satisfy SSNZ eligibility criteria. A student eligible to compete in the North Island Secondary Schools Skiing and Snowboarding Competition must:

be enrolled as a bona fide (Year 9 or above) student at the school of representation and studying at least 80% of a programme that is part of the timetable provided by the school for at least four weeks immediately to the event.
have a satisfactory attendance record at the school. The final decision will be at the Principal's discretion.
be under 19 years of age as 1 January 2025
In addition to the 4 week requirement, any Non Domestic student must have been enrolled in and have commenced their attendance at the school of representation on or before the first day of the term in which the event or qualifier is held.

Your SKI and snowboard teams

Schools may enter as many skiers and snowboarders as the wish. Enter your Giant Slalom competitors in order of ability.
Competition will be in four divisions:
Senior Boys 16 year old and older on 30 June 2025
Senior Girls 16 year old and older on 30 June 2025
Junior Boys Under 16 years old on 30 June 2025
Junior Girls Under 16 years old on 30 June 2025

The Giant Slalom team/school competition is decided on up to five (5) of the best individual points from each school from any gender and/or age.
The Slopestyle team/school competition is decided on up to three (3) of the best individual points from each school from any gender and/or age.

Primary and Intermediate School snowboarders

Schools may enter as many snowboarders as the wish. Entries are to be done through the Enter Here For Snowboarding link below.
Competition will be in six divisions:
Intermediate Boys - Year 7-8
Intermediate Girls - Year 7-8
Primary Boys - Year 5-6
Primary Girls - Year 5-6
Primary Boys - Year 1-4
Primary Girls - Year 1-4
The team/school competition is decided on up to three (3) of the best individual points from each school from any gender and/or age.

safety

Helmets are compulsory whilst competing in any NISSSC event.

Whilst Pure Tūroa will do all they can to ensure that the courses are set as safely as possible, the ultimate responsibility of racers’ safety lies with individual competitors and team managers. Team managers must ensure their competitors have the skills, ability, and competence to enter any of the NISSSC events.

A copy of the event Safety Management Plan and risk assessment is available here.

event schedule

Please note exact details and times of each day will be emailed to Team Managers

Day 1 - Sunday 14 September
Own team preparation and course familiarisation.
Evening administration meetings for Team Managers and Course Assistants in the Ruapehu College school hall.
Note that some teams may choose to travel this day and attend the administration part only.

Day 2 - Monday 15 September
Timed Giant Slalom - Skiing

Each division will complete in a timed giant slalom. Weather permitting, two runs will be offered with the best time counting. Starting order in each division will be by computer generated random numbers with the condition that all designated number one racers in any division will be listed to start before any number two racers within that division and so on down to the lower ranked racers.

Points will be awarded in each division separately based on the number of racers in each division. Eg, if there are 40 racers in a division, the fastest racer will receive 40 points, the slowest will receive 1 point.

There are individual placings in each of the four divisions, plus the final team points will be the total of the five (5) highest scoring members.

Slopestyle - Snowboarding

The slopestyle competition will held in the terrain park. Competitors will be judged on the Overall Impression Judging format. This score is based on 7 attributes: line, fluidity, speed, control, execution, degree of difficulty, and variety. Each judge will give a score out of ten.

Team placings in the slopestyle will be based on the best three (3) points generated by the respective age/gender divisions.

There are individual placings in each of the four divisions, plus team results based on the two highest scoring members.

Day 3 - Tuesday 16 September

Slopestyle - Skiing

Giant Slalom - Snowboarding

Prizegiving in the Ruapehu College school hall

Day 4 - Wednesday 17 September

Back up day should Monday or Tuesday be lost due to poor weather

prize giving

Prizegiving will be held in the Ruapehu College school hall.

Various trophies and medals are awarded to the top teams and individuals. The traditional SKILANDS TROPHY, RUNNERS-UP TROPHY, and NICOLA HAYES MEMORIAL TROPHY will be based on the Giant Slalom team results. The LEITH MENZIES TROPHY is based on the Slopestyle team results.

Various ski and snowboard related items provided by our main sponsor will also be awarded as team prizes. In addition to the top teams, various other prizes are awarded such as youngest team, most supporters, best placed non-participating team in previous year, team spot prizes, wooden spoon, first entry received etc.

Some individual awards are also made. The most prestigious of these is the NIGEL TAYLOR MEMORIAL TROPHIES to the fastest senior Giant Slalom times. Fastest Giant Slalom juniors receive JOFA TROPHIES.

There are also some amazing spot prizes for individuals and teams. We will again award NISSSC medals with team and individual gold, silver and bronze medals in each division for each event.

accommodation

Schools are responsible for their own accommodation. All events will be held at Tūroa Ski Field and all meetings and prize giving will be in Ohakune at the Ruapehu College Hall. We recommend that your team stays in Ohakune during this event. Should you require any assistance with accommodation, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

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