Highlights of the Obsidian 2020 Park Jam | Winter Games NZ

Cardrona Alpine Resort was the host for the final sports challenge at the Obsidian 2020, the Park Jam. The athletes threw down some amazing tricks to wow the spectators on a bluebird day.

The men’s ski was the biggest category and at the end of the semi-finals it was hard for the judges to pick only three to go through. It ended up with Finn Bilous grabbing first, Jackson Wells in second and Beau-James Wells rounding out in third.
It was a similar story for the men’s snowboard category with the judges wanting to take four athletes through to the finals but could only take three. Tiarn Collins rose to the top with some technical tricks and really impressed the judges. JJ Rayward displayed his creativity and jumped into second, with Freeride athlete Ronan Thompson showing he was not just a big mountain athlete.
Olympic bronze medallist Zoi Sadowski-Synnott was stand out with her technical prowess on the rails and was above all other women out there.

Team Kuzma came out on top for the event (100pts) followed by Team Smoothy (80pts) and Team Wells (60pts). This performance from Kuzma's team was still not enough though to topple Team Smoothy off the top of the overall leaderboard.

Obsidian Overall Results - after Day Park Jam (17 August 2020)
1 – Team Smoothy - 360
2 – Team Kuzma - 340
3 – Team Wells – 240

Park Jam Results

Men’s Freeski
1 - Finn Bilous – Team Kuzma
2 – Jackson Wells – Team Kuzma
3 – Beau-James Wells – Team Smoothy

Women’s Freeski and Snowboard
1 – Zoi Sadowski-Synnott – Team Kuzma
2 – Christy Prior – Team Smoothy
3 – Ruby Andrews – Team Wells

Men’s Snowboard
1 – Tiarn Collins – Team Smoothy
2 – JJ Rayward – Team Kuzma
3 - Ronan Thompson – Team Smoothy