Some of the world's best skiers and snowboarders will descend on Cardrona in August for X Games gold medallist Jossi Wells' Big Air event.
It will run over two days from August 13 on Cardrona's huge 23m Big Air jump, specially built for the competition.
"Kiwi skiers and snowboarders will go head-to-head against a stacked field of international heavy hitters," a Cardrona spokesperson says.
The event celebrates Wells' recent success in winning Ski Slopestyle gold at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado.
"I'm really honoured to be given the opportunity to collaborate on an event with Cardrona," he says.
"Cardrona is my home mountain, I learnt how to ski here and have spent every winter riding at Cardrona since I could walk. It's really cool to be able to throw an event at home for my international and local peers."
The athletes are competing for a share of a US$16,000 cash purse.
The snowboard competition is particularly significant in the lead-up to the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, where snowboard big air will make its debut as an Olympic event.
The ski side of the competition has been sanctioned as a silver event on the AFP World Tour.
But if the Big Air event wasn't already enough, the invited athletes will also take part in adventure and adrenaline activities in the region to welcome them to New Zealand.
It's hoped the invitational will become an annual event on the winter calendar.
You can keep up-to-date on the Monster Energy Presents the Jossi Wells Invitational through Cardrona's Facebook page.
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