Australia has a long lineage of successful aerial skiers and this season has been no different with the Flying Kangaroos dominating the skies on the World Cup circuit. The FIS Freestyle World Championships are here with five VIS aerial skiers ready to defy gravity from 27 March, with newly crowned Crystal Globe winner Laura Peel headlining the event. But, what’s the secret ingredient behind Australia’s long line of success in aerial skiing
The VIS congratulates former athlete, VIS Award of Excellence champion and Frank Pyke Achievement Award winner, Alisa Camplin-Warner AM, on her appointment as Chef de Mission for the Australian Olympic Team at the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games.
Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder Scotty James has made a successful start to his northern hemisphere winter with a silver medal performance at the opening FIS World Cup event in Laax, Switzerland.
Scotty James has come agonisingly close to winning his third straight X Games gold, claiming the silver medal in the superpipe event in Aspen, Colorado (USA) today. The podium performance is the sixth X Games superpipe medal of his decorated snowboarding career.