Hey, My name is Jossi Wells. I’m 17 years old and have lived in Wanaka all my life. I am a professional Freeskier and spend my life travelling all over the world for competitions. I am based in Wanaka for the Southern Hemisphere winter and Utah/Colorado for the Northern Hemisphere. When I’m not skiing I am doing my schooling by correspondence or skateboarding. Proactive gym plays a major roll in my pre-season training to get fit and strong. It is a great facility with friendly people and I am happy to be a part of the team. Thanks guys.

Jossi Wells

Hello I’m Byron Wells I’m 15 years old and I live in Wanaka. I am a professional skier and have been skiing for 13 years and Freeskiing for 6 years. In the NZ summer I travel to The States and Europe ski training and for competitions. In The States I’m based in Utah and Colorado. Besides skiing I enjoy playing tennis, soccer, skate boarding, rollerblading and going to the gym. I do my schooling by correspondence. When I am in NZ I use ProActive Gym facilities for my strength and conditioning programme. I am proud to be part of the ProActive team. Thankyou for your support!

Byron Wells

Introducing… Amy Sheehan: I am 20years young and a member of the New Zealand Freeski team.
As a youngster I was brought up as a little surf rat in Byron Bay on the East Coast of Australia.
At the age of ten we packed everything up, swapped our surfboards for skis, destined for the ski slopes in Wanaka.
Ten years on and I am very proud to call New Zealand home as it has given me opportunities I could not find any where else in the world.
Skiing for me began on the beginner's slope at Cardrona, which then quickly progressed into the Wanaka Race Academy where I was happy gaining new skills for a few years. Before I was introduced to the world of "twin tips" and "backwards skiing" it was not cool to go through the halfpipe – we liked our skis to stay on the ground. Racing served a great purpose for building a strong foundation for my skiing but it was now time to move on...
Five years down the track (since I first tried out a pair of twin tips) and a lot has changed for both myself and for freestyle sports …it's popularity among young people looking for MORE has seen the creation of the Snow Park and other mountains, designed purely to cater for the many skiers and snowboarders looking for that amazing rush you get when stomping a trick over a 60ft kicker or being totally out of breath after boosting up and down the walls of the superpipe .

This incredible spectator sport, has become something I feel very passionate about. Freeskiing has taken me overseas to see more of the world and compete against it's best. As well as competing for my country I also coach groms up the snow park – I love sharing my passions with these kids and it's so great to know you are part of what the future for NZ Freeski may hold.
What keeps this sport alive and what fuels my hunger to achieve is that: No matter how amazing the trick is or how impressive the skier, there is always some way you can improve or better yourself… I am a firm believer that if you put in the hard work both on and off the snow you will achieve great results.
Pro-active is a great place for me to train off the snow. It's facilities cater for anything I am needing to work on, whether it be balance work, strength, trick specific or just general fitness, I always know that I will achieve what I am aiming at.

Thanks guys for your support
Amy

Amy Sheehan