The purpose of the Jam was to focus on a fun filled relaxed atmosphere where girls of all different levels of snowboarding could learn new skills in a world class facility such as Snowpark. Many thanks go out to the visiting European professional snowboarders, Lisa Filzmoser, Stine Brun Kjeldaas, Leslee Mckenna and Tina Birbaun who took time to be with us over the Camp. They are touring the world filming for the up and coming Dropstich video to be released in 2004.

Saturday began when 27 female snowboaders gathered to embark on this unique weekend. Some of the girls had never snowboarded before whereas others wanted to gain confidence in a park environment and learn new skills.

With a tightly structured weekend ahead introductions and welcomes kicked off another blue bird weekend up at the Wanaka Snowpark.

Over the course of the two day camp there were seven New Zealand coaches Julianne Bray, Hana Sullivan, Abbey Lockhard, Alisha Hosking, Hayley Holt, Sharon Parker, Laura Woerlee and head coach Canadian Leanne Pelosi. Leanne is from MGT girls only snowboard camps in Western Canada.

The coaches focused on getting to know the campers and figuring out common goals for the weekend.

Nikita was the primary sponsor donating $13,500 worth of product which was distributed amongst the girls over the two days.

"Nikita is very excited in establishing a camp for girls with Snowpark's debut session. Nikita looks forward to developing the camps and working hand in hand with Snowpark in the future" says NZ Nikita distributer Eddie Spearing.

During the two days many girls hit rails, boxes, entered the Superpipe and began jumping for the first time.

With loads of encouragement and demonstrations from the coaches the campers received the confidence they needed to attempt facets of snowboarding they'd only dreamed of. Snowpark provided a beautiful lunch both days and we also took to the Wanaka Skatepark followed by a yummy pizza dinner at Tuatara, giving us all time to mingle and make new friends.

During the Nikita Jam we did a lot of filming which allowed us to analysis our snowboarding and discuss improvements that can be made. Many of us had never seen ourselves snowboarding so some scenes were hilarious.

To end the camp prizes were given to all the campers and the most improved of the weekend went to Debs. Nicole Tapper was also awarded for beginning her snowboarding with us.

"The camp exceeded my expectations, I don't think there is a single thing I didn't like" "No pressure heaps of encouragement"
I really liked going down the halfpipe for the first time"
"Fantastic weekend"
"The coaches were really good and friendly and video analysis helped me heaps"
These are just a few comments left by some of the campers.

The Nikita Girls Jam 2003 being the first of it's kind was a raging success, we will be having many more camps like this in the future so keep checking the snowpark website for dates for next winter www.snowparknz.com
You can also email girls@snowparknz.com or phone 64 3 443 9991.

So if you liked the sound of our camp and there are aspects of your snowboarding you want to improve, or whether you just want to ride with a bunch of cool chicks in this chilled atmosphere, stay turned with us in the furture.

Spring is here, so keep shredding and we look forward to seeing you up at Snowpark