Team Buller Meet & Greet

• In Melbourne on a Sunday Afternoon
• TBC either May 17 or 24

First Day of 2026 Winter Program/Two week official Victorian School Holiday training

• Saturday June 27 to Sunday July 12
• Days off Wednesday July 1, Sunday July 5 and Thursday July 9

Team Buller Parents/Coaches Social Outing

• Saturday July 4 (Time and Venue TBC)

Team Buller "Fridays" Days (5 in total)

• July 17
• July 24
• July 31
• August 7
• August 14

 
Freeride World Tour Hotham - TBC

• Friday July 24 to Saturday July 25

 
Hotham Freestyle Weekend - TBC

• Friday 31 July to Sunday August 2

 
Bounce Inc. Freestyle Festival – August 7-9

• Slopestyle Friday August 7
• Adams jNats Moguls Saturday August 8
• Big Air Sunday August 9

 
FreeBOM

• Saturday August 15

 
Victorian Interschools Snowsport Championships @ Mt Buller

• Monday August 17 to Sunday August 23

 
ABOM Mogul Challenge

• Saturday August 29

 
Last day of 2026 Winter Program

• Sunday August 30

 
Australian Interschools Snowsport Championships @ Perisher

• Tuesday September 1 to Sunday September 6

 
Extra September School Holiday Training

• TBC, conditions permitting.

We’re excited to announce that information on our 2026 Mt Buller Winter Training Packages are now live on our website

On our website, you’ll find:

• Full details on 2026 dates, costs, and training packages
  
• A registration link to secure your spot with a 10% non-refundable deposit

Please review the 2026 Training Packages first, then use the registration link to confirm your place by paying the deposit.

You can also find the complete list of key dates for 2026 at the bottom of this newsletter or on our website.

We’re looking forward to an incredible winter at Mt Buller in 2026—no doubt our Australian athletes heading to the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics will inspire us all!
 
Regards,
 
Andrew Pattison
Team Buller Manager

The 2025 Team Buller end of season awards were held a few weeks ago at Bounce Inc Glen Iris.

Congratulations to everyone involved in the program on an outstanding 2025 Mt Buller winter. A special shout-out to our award winners—choosing among so many talented athletes was no easy task for the coaches!

Having the awards at Bounce Inc was very well received by all in attendance especially with Bounce Inc providing free access to their amazing facility. So if you missed out this year, make sure you don’t miss in 2026!

Click on the Instagram image to see award winners from the day and the new trophy design thanks to Mark Ashkanasy.

List of winners below.

2025 Team Buller Award Winners

GROM
Male Athlete of the Year: Harry Kwijas
Female Athlete of the Year: Georgie Henderson
Male Progression (Most Improved): Felix Lewis
Female Progression (Most Improved): Ashley Provan
Coaches Award: YoJi Lee
Coaches Award: Remy Jackman
Coaches Award: Loxy Pec

ALL-MOUNTAIN
Male Athlete of the Year: Luca Tyshing
Female Athlete of the Year: Kate Mitchell
Male Progression (Most Improved): Noah Buxton
Female Progression (Most Improved): Madisson Buckley
Coaches Award: Max Alekna
Coaches Award: Madi Rooke


SNOWBOARD
Male Athlete of the Year: Ari Stavretis
Female Athlete of the Year: Zara Kwee
Male Progression (Most Improved): Taj Walker
Female Progression (Most Improved): Paris Stavretis
Coaches Award: Austin Lou
Coaches Award: Joel Fahl
Coaches Award: Luca Castellano

FREERIDE
Male Athlete of the Year: Harlem Pec
Male Progression (Most Improved): Maverick Teleskivi
Coaches Award: Dallas Teleskivi

SLOPESTYLE
Male Athlete of the Year: Ryder Shook-Edwards
Male Progression (Most Improved): Hudson Hallinan
Coaches Award: Max Mailing
Coaches Award: Joshua Marburg
Coaches Award: Leo Grollo

MOGUL
Male Athlete of the Year: Tom Luscombe
Female Athlete of the Year: Alana Hunt
Male Progression (Most Improved): Sam Henderson
Female Progression (Most Improved): Emma Mincu
Coaches Award: Harry Henderson

MASTERS
Best and Fairest: Tania Matthews
People Choice: Chris Randle

The location and date/time has now been confirmed for the Team Buller 2025 Awards!

We are excited to be partnering up with Bounce Inc again, and look forward to them hosting our end of season awards.

Awards will be handed out in recognition of quality performance & maximum progression, plus a few extra categories this year!

The Adams Estate Agents 2025-2026 Overseas Scholarship will also be presented.

Date: Sunday November 16
Time: 5pm to 7pm (awards presented 545pm)
Location: Bounce Inc Glen Iris
Address: 2 Weir St, Glen Iris VIC 3146
RSVP: Wednesday November 12 close of business - [email protected]
WHO: TBR 2025 Coaches, Athletes (Includes Masters!), Families and Supporters.
PROVIDED: Finger food & soft drink provided for the kids + beer, wine & champagne provided for the over 18’s!
BOUNCING: Covered by Team Buller though our partnership with Bounce Inc!

Look forward to seeing everyone and celebrating the season!

Based on the great spring conditions at Mt Buller, we will operate extra training on the weekend of September 13-14 and first week of the school holidays September 20-26.

Apart from riding the great terrain still open, we will also be using Jakara's Mogul Course and the Mt Buller Terrain Park. In case of bad weather we will also use the Buller Air Zone.

Click here for more info and to secure your place

A great weekend of competition in the Mt Buller Park in ideal conditions, with sunny skies, no wind and a fantastic course.

Well done to all competitors, especially the younger and inexperienced kids who stepped up on the bigger features/jumps. 

Great to see how much people all competitors have improved from last season.

Slopestyle Results
- Snowboard Event
- Ski Event

Big Air Results
- Snowboard Event
- Ski Event

The Photoshop Mt Buller Event Images
Legendary photographer Tony Harrington shot both days of competition, and a discount price is in place with 50% discount already applied to all digital files 
 
Link to Albums

Slopestyle: https://www.photoshopmtbuller.com.au/client-galleries/gallery/2025-2/saturday-9th-august/
 
Big Air: https://www.photoshopmtbuller.com.au/client-galleries/gallery/2025-2/sunday-10th-august/

Shout out to the podium performances over both days

Congratulations to the following athletes who recorded podium finishes

Saturday Slopestyle

Snowboard Grom Girls
1st - Zara Kwee
2nd - Paris Stavretis

Snowboard Grom Boys
1st - Joel Fahl
2nd - Tavi Bai
3rd - Blake Fong
 
Snowboard Junior Boys
1st - Ari Stavretis
2nd - Ewan Rogan
3rd - Leo Fermor

Snowboard Open Girls
1st - Mara Baurecht
2nd - Broders Jolanda

Snowboard Open Boys
1st - David Worsey
2nd - Yannick Van Deursen
3rd - Allie Coates

Ski Grom Boys
1st - Nic Whitehead
2nd - Harlem Pec
3rd - Dallas Teleskivi

Ski Junior Girls
1st - Kate Mitchell
2nd - Anabel Marburg
3rd - Gabriella Ansell

Ski Junior Boys
1st - William Richardson
2nd - Will Anderson
3rd - Arlo Bosci

Ski Open Girls
1st - Georgia Bolton
2nd - Leonie Kaute

Ski Open Boys
1st - Ryder Edwards
2nd - Leonardo Grollo
3rd - Kevin Gannon

Sunday Big Air

Snowboard Grom Boys
1st - Joel Fahl
2nd - Tavi Bai
 
Snowboard Junior Boys
1st - Ari Stavretis
2nd - Luca Castellano

Snowboard Open Girls
1st - Mara Baurecht

Snowboard Open Boys
1st - Yannick Van Deursen
2nd - Dean Ridi

Ski Grom Boys
1st - Nic Whitehead
2nd - Harlem Pec
3rd - Dallas Teleskivi

Ski Junior Girls
1st - Kate Mitchell

Ski Junior Boys
1st - William Richardson
2nd - Oliver Creswell
3rd - Max Mailing

Ski Open Boys
1st - Ryder Edwards
2nd - Leonardo Grollo

Look forward to seeing everyone Saturday July 12!

RSVP [email protected] by Thursday July 10

We are set for the most terrain in years for the first weekend of TBR commencing this Saturday!

At 730am this morning the Ski Patrol reported 23cm of fresh snow, and it has been snow since then, so close to 30cm of new snow as I type! 

Stay tuned for an exciting announcement later today from Buller Ski Lifts on another lift opening just in time for this weekend!

JACKET & SOFT SHELL COLLECTION
For any TBR athletes who have not yet collected their jacket, TBR 2025 Karbon jackets will be available for collection on the following days/times before the program commencing. New black soft shells will also be available for collection - if you have not yet purchased, click here to do so.

June 27 - Friday Afternoon
Time: 3pm to 430pm
Location: Top of Chamois/Lydia Lassila lift hut

June 28 - Saturday Morning/First Day of Program
Time: Jacket collection from 830am
Location: Village Square (TBR Meeting Place)

Can't make the two options?
Contact TBR Manager Andrew Pattison ([email protected]) the day before you arrive on the mountain, and he can arrange to bring to the TBR meeting place on your child's first morning on snow.
 
TBR Friday (Jacket not included)
Reminder to anybody that signed up to TBR Friday as a standalone product, your jacket is now included in the package/price. Before the first TBR Friday session, we will let people know if any brand new jackets are left from this year or also last year for purchase.

TBR MEETING PLACE & TRAINING TIMES FOR THE 2025 SEASON

Meeting Place: Village Square
Morning Session: 9:00am to 1145am
Afternoon Session: 1pm to 3pm
Note: Please be at the session 10 minutes prior to the start of the session as groups depart on time.

GROUPS
With a lot of new athletes joining the program, the first weekend of the program will predominantly be used to assess which group athletes are best suited to.

Skills assessments will be conducted in the school holidays on all athletes, covering a wide range of on snow skills, and freestyle specific actions like jumping, carving on groomed runs, moguls, park, rails etc..

The head coaches from each program area will work with the coaches to place athletes in respect to age, ability and mix of genders.