New Zealand's top freeskier Jossi Wells, the newest CanTeen ambassador, spent yesterday on the slopes with young cancer sufferers, including Matteo Stella, and Jesse Greenslade.
Here on a flying visit between international competitions, Wells showed off his skills at Snow Planet, north of Auckland.
Wells, from Wanaka, told the Herald he was inspired to join CanTeen when a friend he skis with was diagnosed with bone cancer.
"It hit me that a lot of people, me included, have always thought that cancer was something they would never get ... and so when someone that I knew was diagnosed, it hit me pretty hard and I realised that it can happen to anybody."
CanTeen spokeswoman Kimberley Waters said they were delighted to have Wells on board.
