International Women’s Day | Breaking Boundaries In The Mountains
Posted on 8 Mar, 2023 in About Thredbo
This International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating all of the women who break the boundaries in our mountains.
From Olympians to National Champions, keep scrolling to get inspired by some of Thredbo’s female ambassadors who are kicking goals and inspiring the next generation.
Tess Coady
Tess Coady has well and truly made her mark on the global snowboarding stage, bringing home a Bronze Medal from the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. The 2017 World Junior Champion and Australia’s first-ever World Cup slopestyle gold medallist at Seiser Alm, Italy also took out a bronze medal at the World Championships. Tess’ success continued recently at the 2023 X Games in Aspen where she took out the Silver medal.
Sian A’Hern
A girl boss in the mountain bike park, Sian has won multiple Australian National and Oceania Downhill titles. Sian got into MTB through her brother Kye and now rides for YT, Boost Mobile, SRAM, Oakley, and Maxxis. She has been awarded “Queen of Cannonball” multiple times and the overall Thredbo Gravity Series Champion. This summer, Sian took out the win in the highly contested Australian Open Downhill event at the 2023 Cannonball MTB Festival. Breaking boundaries is an understatement!
Josie Baff
20-year-old snowboarder and Jindabyne local, Josie Baff made history when she became Australia’s first winter youth Olympic champion in 2020. Since then, Josie has gone on to compete as the youngest female on the team at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Women’s Snowboard Cross and Mixed Team Snowboard Cross. Most recently, Josie has achieved great things on the 22/23 global circuit, winning her first World Cup in France and taking home silver at the World Championships in Georgia.
Abi Harrigan
A true all-rounder and Snowy Mountains local, Abi Harrigan started skiing at the age of 2. The now 20-year-old has competed in the Slopestyle competition and the Big Air at the 2019 Australian New Zealand Cup, the World Cup Halfpipe competition in 2019 and represented Australia in the women’s slopestyle in the 2022 Olympic Games.
Arkie Ellis
Arkie Ellis grew up in Thredbo’s unique alpine village. When the roads were snowed in, Arkie and her brother Joey would swap school days with riding days, destined to grow up with a love for the mountains. Arkie can be seen riding Australia’s Best Ski Resort as she prepares for a bright future on the slopes!
Tegan Molloy
Born and bred in the Snowy Mountains, Tegan has been a Thredbo MTB ambassador for ten years and knows the mountain inside out. She stepped onto the world stage in 2014 winning the Junior World Championships and has been the National Downhill Champion multiple times since then. Tegan now works for Thredbo MTB as a Gravity Girls Coach and MTB Instructor.
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What a crew! We’re incredibly proud to have such an inspiring line-up of women on Team Thredbo.
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