Cardrona Halfpipe World Cup 2012 - AJ Kemppainen

2°C and a north-westerly wind crossing the Angry Birds Slopestyle Course. The layout stretched 495 metres from start to finish, 30 metres wide, with 110 metres of vertical drop and a 15-degree gradient. Antti-Jussi Kemppainen moved through a course built around slopestyle rather than the halfpipe that had shaped his earlier FIS seasons.... Read more on the Athlete page

New Zealand park and pipe resort between Wānaka and Queenstown | Known for: 615 hectares, five basins, Soho Basin, Australasia's only full length 22 ft Superpipe, World Cup slopestyle course, Jossi Wells Invitational, Winter Games NZ, and a June to October Southern Hemisphere season | Best for: park progression, halfpipe training, big air, spring sessions, and international crews chasing winter while the north is off snow Cardrona Valley And The Southern Hemisphere Training Clock Cardrona Alpine Resort sits on Cardrona Valley Road between Wānaka and Queenstown, with a base area at 1670 meters, a highest lifted point of 1860 meters, and 600 meters of vertical rise. The location is the first reason the resort matters. It gives skiers a reliable Southern Hemisphere training base during the exact months when most Northern Hemisphere parks are grass, glaciers are limited, and Olympic-cycle athletes need snow.... Read more on the Location page

Cardrona Halfpipe World Cup 2012 held at Cardrona Alpine Resort, New Zealand on August 22 2012 | Discipline: men's and women's ski halfpipe | Winners: Torin Yater-Wallace and Devin Logan | Format: qualification followed by two-run World Cup finals in the Wells Pipe Wells Pipe Opens The 2012 13 Halfpipe Season The Cardrona FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup halfpipe was contested on August 22 2012 at Cardrona Alpine Resort on New Zealand's South Island. Although staged during the Southern Hemisphere winter, the event belonged to the 2012-13 World Cup season and placed an international field into the Wells Pipe months before the main Northern Hemisphere competition calendar. The FIS men's result sheet recorded 36 competitors representing 14 nations, with 12 advancing from qualification to the final.... Read more on the Competition page