Riding wave of success

RAIL JAM: Christy Prior has taken a list of top placings in several New Zealand rail jam competitions this season.

SNOWBOARDING SUCCESS: Kaukapakapa’s Christy Prior has come home from a huge New Zealand season of snowboarding, thanks to her sponsors Underground Skate, Helensville Fitness Centre, Mountain Dew, Lower, Drake, 686, Treble Cone, Skull Candy and Madwax.

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Kaukapakapa’s Christy Prior has had an ideal 2009 New Zealand winter season of snowboarding.

The 20-year-old placed in top spots in all 13 events she entered.

Christy lived in Queenstown for the season riding predominantly at the Remarkables, Snowpark and Treble Cone. Winning the Parklife Invitational rail jam in Queenstown as well as placing in the Remarkable’s slopestyle series finals, Christy was also selected for the New Zealand snowboard union development squad.

She won several rail jam events including the DC Cheapskates Taka throwdown jam, Winter Fest rail jam, Mountain Dew star set rail jam snowpark, Skull Candy rail jam, Snowpark stair set rail jam, and the Reavers handrail jam women’s section.

Christy is back home for a few months to save for her northern hemisphere season next year.

She is off to Banff, Canada, competing in competitions including the Canadian Burton Open and the Volcom PBRJ world finals.

She will also be filmed for a part in the Rudeboys Snowboard dvd which is being sold in Canada and at Underground Skate in New Zealand.

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