Sep 3 2010: Red Bull Alpine Cup launched at Mt Hutt Along with medals and world rankings, the skier with the best overall points at next week’s Australia New Zealand Continental Cup (ANC) race series will be awarded the world’s first Red Bull Alpine Cup.
Sep 1 2010: Otago Polytechnic takes cookery courses to the next level Budding young Jamie Olivers, Al Browns and Marco Pierre Whites can take a further step towards their chef career by enrolling for Otago Polytechnic’s exciting new one year Diploma in Professional Cookery Level 5.
Aug 26 2010: Blanket Bay Chef named ‘Chef of the Year’ Blanket Bay’s Chef de Partie Joseph Clarke has been named Chef of the Year at the prestigious Restaurant Association New Zealand Culinary Fare on Tuesday (24 August)
Aug 25 2010: Mt Hutt Breakfast with the stars The world’s third-greatest alpine ski racer, Anja Paerson (SWE) enjoyed a well-deserved Breakfast with the Stars at Huber’s Hut this morning (25 August) after a training session in the Red Bull International Race Training Arena at Mt Hutt.
Aug 25 2010: Great day out for Burton Snowbroads at The Remarkables New Zealand champion and Burton Team rider, Shelley Gotlieb, joined 38 girls at The Remarkables last Sunday (22 August) enjoying an Arcadia champagne breakfast together before heading out for the day on the Burton Snowbroads Girls’ camp.
Coronet Peak training ground for Winter Olympic Gold Medal winner
February 19, 2010
Vancouver 2010 Gold Medal downhill skier Lindsey Vonn has a New Zealand connection – the world’s best female downhill skier trains at New Zealand’s premier ski area, Coronet Peak.
The 25 year old spends the Southern Hemisphere winters training at Coronet Peak’s dedicated Race Arena. She has also trained at Mt Hutt in the home of New Zealand’s only downhill training facility, the Red Bull International Race Training Arena.
Lindsey Vonn was the first American women to claim a gold medal in the Downhill discipline when she won on February 17 at Whistler. She is also the first American woman to win back-to-back overall World Cup championships, in 2008 and 2009.
Hailed recently as the ‘Great Lindsey Vonn’, Lindsey trained with the US Team at Coronet Peak last year in the lead up to the NZ Winter Games. Vonn participated in all five Alpine Ski disciplines during that competition.
Coronet Peak Ski Area Manager Hamish McCrostie says his race department team was delighted to watch Lindsey claim gold.
“Coronet Peak was the team’s main training centre during the Southern Hemisphere winter and we worked incredibly hard to actively simulate the conditions these racers would encounter during World Cup and Olympic racing. It’s great to see her succeed.”
“The conditions we provide are just as challenging as those encountered on the Olympic stage. We’re all pretty pleased now to see their training and our efforts paying off. We’re also incredibly pleased for her coaches, including her husband, former US skier Thomas Vonn, who we work with each year.”
ENDS Photo caption: Lindsey Vonn pictured with other Winter Games athletes poster signing at Coronet Peak last year
Further information: Go to www.nzski.com or Coronet Peak Ski Area Manager Hamish McCrostie on 0274 769 881
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