Queenstown · New Zealand

Briar Murray

Alpine ski racer · slalom & giant slalom · Queenstown Alpine Ski Team

The short version

Chasing gates from Coronet Peak to the Swiss Alps.

Briar races slalom and giant slalom with the Queenstown Alpine Ski Team. Winters at home in New Zealand, northern winters in Europe, and as many days on snow as a season can hold.

Briar Murray in her purple race suit, smiling after training
Race suit, rest day grin

On course

Briar clattering through a slalom gate
01 Taking the fast line
Briar arcing past a red slalom gate
02 Edge to edge
Briar low and tight around a gate
03 Low and early
Briar attacking a blue gate mid-course
04 Race day, bib 22
Briar racing in bib 33
05 Another start, another bib
Briar mid-turn between gates
06 Committed

“Some kids count sheep. She counts gates.”

Off the clock

Briar with a medal and her skis
Hardware
Briar wearing a Swiss race bib
Racing in Switzerland
Briar in the start area before a run
Start area nerves
Briar playing in a snow cave
Still a kid

The record

4Seasons racing
32Race starts
22Podium events
3rd ×2

NZ Junior Champs 2024

Bronze in both giant slalom and slalom at Coronet Peak, backing up silver-placed runs at the 2023 champs.

2nd

Welsh Champs 2024

Giant slalom silver at Champéry, Switzerland, against a European field.

2nd

Coupe Raiffeisen

Giant slalom runner-up at Les Diablerets in the Swiss regional cup series.

1st ×4

Perfect weekends

Won every slalom run at Cardrona and the Remarkables Interfields in 2024.

2025 U12 · New Zealand

20 SepJunior Interfield Slalom · Coronet Peak3rd3rd
17 AugJunior Interfield Giant Slalom · Treble Cone2nd3rd
27 JulJunior Interfield Kombi · Cardrona3rd
18 JulNZ Junior Champs Giant Slalom · Remarkables8th
13 JulJunior Interfield Dual Slalom · Remarkables2nd2nd

2024 U10–U12 · New Zealand

29 SepJunior Interfield Giant Slalom, racing up U12 · Mt Hutt3rd2nd
28 SepJunior Interfield Slalom · Mt Hutt3rd4th
15 SepJunior Interfield Dual Slalom · Remarkables2nd
14 SepJunior Interfield Slalom · Remarkables1st1st
24 AugJunior Interfield Giant Slalom · Treble Cone3rd3rd
28 JulJunior Interfield Slalom · Cardrona1st1st
21 JulNZ Junior Champs Slalom · Coronet Peak3rd3rd
20 JulNZ Junior Champs Giant Slalom · Coronet Peak3rd3rd

2024 Northern winter · Switzerland

27 JanGrand Prix Migros Slalom · Nendaz4th
26 JanWelsh Champs Slalom · Champéry4th4th
24 JanWelsh Champs Giant Slalom · Champéry2nd
21 JanCoupe Raiffeisen Giant Slalom · Les Diablerets2nd
13 JanCoupe Raiffeisen Slalom · RougemontDNF

2023 U10 · New Zealand

9 SepSouth Island Champs Giant Slalom · Mt Hutt4th5th
7 SepBattle of the Basin Dual Slalom · Coronet Peak4th4th
26 AugJunior Interfield Slalom · Treble Cone4th4th
30 JulJunior Interfield Slalom stubbies · Cardrona6th4th
22 JulNZ Junior Champs Dual Slalom · Remarkables2nd2nd
21 JulNZ Junior Champs Giant Slalom · Remarkables2nd2nd

2022 U8 · New Zealand · first season racing

1 OctJunior Interfield Giant Slalom · Cardrona1st2nd
17 SepJunior Interfield Slalom · Remarkables3rd1st
8 SepBattle of the Basin Dual Slalom · Coronet Peak3rd
21 AugJunior Interfield Giant Slalom · Treble Cone2nd2nd
24 JulNZ Junior Champs Dual Slalom · Coronet Peak2nd1st
23 JulJunior Interfield Dual Slalom · Coronet Peak2nd1st