Australia will send an unprecedented ten snowboard athletes into World Cup action in this coming week, as the 2008/09 World Cup season gets underway in New Zealand and Argentina. In what is a crucial lead-up to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games, World Cup results in the second half of the season will help determine Olympic qualification.
The Australian Olympic Committee acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this nation.
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of all the lands on which we are located. We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present.
We celebrate and honour all of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Olympians.
The Australian Olympic Committee is committed to honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas and their rich contribution to society and sport.
