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Media Release: The craziest, mad capped and keenly sought after snow weekend – the Coca-Cola Wild Winter Weekend – will be held on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 August 2006.

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Media Release: It’s that time of year again. Although the snow has started to fall and the weather’s become cool, the competition will soon to be hotting up on the NSW snowfields when Thredbo hosts the eleventh annual Sprite Sessions event.

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Traditionally the June long weekend in Australia signals the start to the Australian snow season. This is true for both the New South Wales snow fields and the Victorian snow fields.

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Editor: Just want to let you know we’ve added a lot of snow related events in our forums. Go to our fourms and follow the Calendar selecting Snow Calendar at the foot of the page.

You’ll find events for both NSW and Victorian snow fields including Thredbo, Perisher Blue, Mt Buller, Falls Creek, Mt Hotham and others.

Remember, the 2006 snow season officially starts on June 10, Queens Birthday long weekend.

At the age of 9, Paralympic star Michael Milton lost his left leg to bone caner. But this hasn’t stopped Milton from achieving… This inspirational Australian has set a new open Australian alpine speed skiing record at Les Arcs in France.

Milton reached 213.65kph to break the old mark of 212.26 kph set by compatriot Nick Kirshner in 1997. His time surpasses his own disabled skiing world record of 210.4kph.

Milton, who holds a swag of medals from Paralympic competition, including a silver in his fifth and final Games in Torino earlier this year, set his sights on the open record over the past few years. It’s believed it may be the first open record held by an Australian athlete with a disability.

Milton plans to continue skiing for another four or five years and he says he believes a speed between 220kph and 230kph is attainable.

Congratulations Michael from the team at Break Loose!

A some what early start to the snow season in Victoria after Easter holiday-makers at Mt Buller awoke to a blanket of snow today.

A bumper winter season was predicted for Victoria’s ski fields… Buller Ski Lifts general manager Laurie Blampied said 10cm of snow had covered the resort six weeks before the official start of the ski season, and it was still falling. “It’s great to be able to provide our guests with snow for Easter,” Mr Blampied said.

He said the dump was consistent with the weather bureau’s forecast of above average snowfalls this winter. “Early April snowfalls allow the ground to freeze and form a good base for future snowfalls between now and June,” he said.