Brown Bear is thrilled to see a top winter event, the 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games, confirmed for 2011. The games will be held from 13 August to 28 August 2011 and will feature a whopping 16 days of ice and snow sports.

The event is expected to attract more than 1,000 elite athletes from all over the world to New Zealand’s Southern Alps. In 2009 the inaugural 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games made history by producing the first winter sports event of its kind outside of the Olympics. The Winter Games also combined able-bodied and adaptive athletes – a real novelty! In 2009, a stunning ten Olympic and seven Paralympic medallists competed at the New Zealand event.

For 2011 the provisional programme has been expanded with the Adaptive Super G and Super G alpine skiing events now planned to be held at Mt Hutt. Further snow competitions will take place at Coronet Peak, while Dunedin will be the focus for ice sports such as speed skating, figure skating and ice hockey, and the curling programme will be held in Naseby. Snow Farm Ski Area is scheduled to host the able-bodied and adaptive cross country competition and the brand-new Winter Triathlon, while Cardrona Alpine Resort will host the free ski and snowboard halfpipe and big air competitions alongside the snowboard and ski cross racing. Finally,the  snowboard and freeski slopestyle competitions will take place at Snow Park NZ.

100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games 2011: 13 – 28 August 2011