1. Participant ACKNOWLEDGES and ASSUMES ALL RISK of illness, injury (minimal, serious or catastrophic) and/or death arising from, practicing for and/or participating in the New Zealand Junior Freeride Tour presented by The North Face, including but not limited to injury or death caused by other riders, skiing equipment, competition volunteers, spectators, officials, weather conditions and the effects thereof, the conditions of any training, practice or competition runs, courses or facilities for the New Zealand Junior Freeride Tour presented by The North Face, and mechanical, broadcasting or other equipment of any kind, such as fences, gates, scoreboards and electronic or other displays on or around the runs, courses or facilities at the New Zealand Junior Freeride Tour presented by The North Face.
2. Participant shall not utilize any the New Zealand Junior Freeride Tour presented by The North Face venue, course or facility, whether for training, practice or competition, without first conducting a thorough visual inspection of the venue, course or facility. Moreover, Participant shall immediately notify the New Zealand Junior Freeride Tour organizer(s) of any safety concerns. Participant acknowledges that he/she is physically able and properly trained to participate in the New Zealand Junior Freeride Tour for which Participant registers, and is responsible for the choice of the appropriate equipment and of its condition, the speed at which he/she competes and the selection of his/her line through the course(s) at the New Zealand Junior Freeride Tour presented by The North Face.
3. Helmets, Backprotectors, Avalanche Beacon with shovel + probe and fully functional ski brakes are REQUIRED for all Participants in the New Zealand Junior Freeride Tour presented by The North Face. Avalanche bags and Mouth Guards are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED. Helmets are mandatory for all competitors throughout ALL events, including both competition and training.
4. Participant WAIVES AND RELEASES all claims that Participant may in the future have against Mt Olympus, The Remarkables & Treble Cone, The New Zealand Junior Freeride Tour and Snow Sports New Zealand (including their affiliates and subsidiaries and their respective officers, directors, shareholders, employees, representatives and agents”), all of the sponsors of the 2025, New Zealand Junior Freeride Tour presented by The North Face, all of the owners, operators and/or promoters of the facilities hosting the New Zealand Junior Freeride Tour, any person engaged to perform any function with respect to the New Zealand Junior Freeride Tour, including production companies (collectively, the “Releases”), whether based on contract, statute, negligence on the part of the Releasees or otherwise, for any and all loss, damage, death, injury or expense that Participant may suffer, or Participant’s next of kin may suffer, as a result of Participant’s practicing for or participation the New Zealand Junior Freeride Tour presented by The North Face.
5. Participant, and in the event of Participant’s death, Participant’s heirs and next of kin, agree to HOLD HARMLESS the Releasees from any and all loss, damage, injury, death or expense that Participant may suffer, or that Participant’s heirs and next of kin may suffer, as a result of Participant’s practicing for or participating in the New Zealand Junior Freeride Tour presented by The North Face, due to any cause whatsoever, including but not limited to negligence on the part of the Releasees.
6. Participant agrees and understands that training or competing is more HAZARDOUS than recreational skiing. Furthermore, Participant understands that he/she must keep deliberate and conscious physical control of his/her body, both on the ground and in the air, while properly using his/her equipment in variable weather, snow and terrain conditions.
7. Participant understands and agrees that the New Zealand Junior Freeride Tour presented by The North Face and related activities may be recorded, photographed, televised, distributed online and/or webcast throughout the world in all forms of media now known or hereafter invented including but not limited to all forms of television, cable, videos, photos, and the internet (collectively the “Broadcasts”). Participant waives any right that Participant may have to inspect or approve any item that may use Participant’s name, voice, likeness, image or persona in connection with the New Zealand Junior Freeride Tour presented by The North Face and Broadcasts. However, the foregoing does not grant the right to use Participant’s recognizable likeness, name and/or image in as an express endorsement of any products or services, except as set forth herein.
8. Participant hereby grants Mt Olympus, The Remarkables, Treble Cone, the New Zealand Junior Freeride Tour and Snow Sports New Zealand, and its assigns (including but not limited to the Sponsors and Broadcasters) the worldwide right to use, in perpetuity and on a royalty-free basis, the following: any and all recordings or images of Participant taken during Participant’s participation in the New Zealand Junior Freeride Tour, Participant’s biographical material, name, voice, image, likeness, and any material submitted by Participant in connection with the registration for the New Zealand Junior Freeride Tour online or otherwise (collectively, “Participant’s Likeness”). Mt Olympus, The Remarkables, Treble Cone, the New Zealand Junior Freeride Tour and Snow Sports New Zealand may use or authorize any third parties to use on a worldwide, perpetual royalty-free basis Participant’s Likeness (which may be edited or combined with other materials) in any and all media now or hereafter known, including but not limited to in connection with: a) the New Zealand Junior Freeride Tour and Broadcasts; b) publicity, advertising, and promotion for the New Zealand Junior Freeride Tour and Broadcasts; and c) future New Zealand Junior Freeride Tour Competitions and Broadcasts.
9. Participant has not received and shall not receive any compensation (whether monetary or otherwise) in exchange for mentioning any person, service, product or thing in any Broadcast or telecast of the New Zealand Junior Freeride Tour. Participant shall immediately notify Mt Olympus, Treble Cone, The Remarkables, New Zealand Junior Freeride Tour and Snow Sports New Zealand in writing if Participant does so.
10. If any term, provision, covenant, or condition of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the provisions shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired, or invalidated.
