Podium Regular

Classed as the world’s best freeskier, at just 19 Wanaka-born Jossi Wells has already jumped off more mountains and stood on more podiums than most other sportsmen of his age. Wells excels in slopestyle, halfpipe and big air disciplines, and shares his world-class expertise with younger brother Byron, also rated among the world’s top freeskiers. In the words of his mother Stacey, Wells “is living the dream”. Since training on a glacier in Whistler, Canada throughout June, Wells has returned to New Zealand for the southern hemisphere winter and to compete in the 1% Pure Winter Games and New Zealand Freeski Open, which takes place from 12-28 August.