Cardrona Alpine resort, a friendly and relaxed winter resort, is located between Wanaka and Queenstown on the Southern Island of New Zealand. Families and pros alike find the perfect terrain for their turns, tricks and jumps as Cardrona offers not only fine groomed slopes but also a fun park including big air and triple jumps as well as several jumps.

In addition, a monster pipe of the Olympic size attracts the most of the pros to train down under when in the Northern hemisphere everyone tries to relax on the beach working for the perfect summer taint.

No wonder, that the Cardrona Alpine resort is once again the host of the LG Snowboard FIS World Cup season's kick off, in 2009 for the third time in a row. The setting couldn't be better as the officials at site have built a brand-new halfpipe during their last off-season.