The 21-year-old former X-Games silver medalist has beaten a world class field to win gold at the Aspen Open.

It's perfect timing for Porteous who has the World Championships in a fortnight.

>> More Skiing News

Other Skiing News

18 Mar: To the ski slopes of Saalbach , Austria..

12 Mar: The family of 21-year-old Christchurch woman who died in an avalanche in Japan says she was full of vitality and had a passion for life

12 Mar: Two New Zealanders have been killed in an avalanche, while backcountry skiing in Japan's northern island of Hokkaido

11 Feb: Alpine skier Alice Robinson has finished second at the FIS Giant Slalom World Cup held in Andorra

30 Jan: X Games silver medallist Nico Porteous is thriving under a liberated mindset

29 Jan: Freeskier Nico Porteous is relishing his ability to express himself after claiming silver in the X-Games superpipe in Aspen

29 Jan: Nico Porteous has discussed the creative process behind securing a silver medal in the freeski superpipe at the X Games in Aspen

Top Stories

RUGBY
Add another chapter to the book of big name oval-ball code switchers More...

BUSINESS
Spire collapses after fire breaks out at Copenhagen's 17th-century Old Stock Exchange More...

Today's News

Accident and Emergency:
A tough result for Police as they turn up nothing in the latest search for missing Gisborne man Joseph Ahuriri 4:36

Business:
Spire collapses after fire breaks out at Copenhagen's 17th-century Old Stock Exchange 22:27

Business:
The Telecommunications Commissioner says he's disappointed about alleged breaches of the 111 Contact code by telco One New Zealand 21:57

Entertainment:
The ex ecutor of O.J. Simpson's will plans to fight any payments to the families of his late ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman 21:40

Law and Order:
Police have named a man who drowned after running into the sea while fleeing Police at Mt Maunganui 21:17

Entertainment:
Sofia Vergara has dec lared her love for her new boyfriend 21:10

Entertainment:
Kate Hudson is "ready to take the criticism" that may come with the launch of her music career 20:40

Entertainment:
Drew Barrymore likes to think of herself as a "walking cautionary tale" for child stars 20:10

Living & Travel:
A Sydney priest is stabbed while live streaming a sermon: how it unfolded 19:47

Entertainment:
Jon Bon Jovi will quit touring if his singing is "not great" 19:40

News Search

Power Search