Buzz in France

Byron ‘Buzz’ Raubenheimer, is a below knee amputee who decided to start snowboarding only a couple of years ago and remarkably is now ranked Number 2 in New Zealand. MakeReady was pleased to help on his quest to represent NZ in the Snowboard World Championship Para X being held in Orcières, France this week. 

Sadly he left before our range of snowboarding jackets was ready, but we don’t see any reason why he can’t just ride in a t-shirt. Keep an eye out on our website over the next few days and we’ll keep you posted on how he’s going.

Update on Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 4:25PM by Dale Woods

An update on Buzz. He was placed 9th of the 34 standing contestants who came from 11 different countries. His task was made more difficult by catching a bug (along with 1 or 2 others) the night before the last race day and was up most of the night, with very little sleep! That is not an excuse however as that is the nature of sport.  

His average time was about 6 seconds off 1st place and 2 seconds off 5th place which shows how hotly contested the event was. 10th and backwards were a little way off so the top top 9 are definitely a class apart.  He was the 2nd youngest competitor there and most of the athletes have been competing at this level longer than he has actually been snowboarding. Keep an eye out on Buzz in the future - he will be one to watch!