Snow Wave 2026
Official Rules
Create or continue a real Wave at a participating Australian or New Zealand snowfield. Eligible community activity helps the Wave rise.
Current official rules- The prize is ski gear with a total recommended retail value of NZ$500.
- The eligible Wave ranked #1 on the New Zealand Snowfield Ranking wins; the Australia + New Zealand combined ranking remains a non-prize leaderboard.
- If more than one person has contributed to the winning Wave, the prize goes to the eligible contributor whose qualifying media has the highest score within that Wave at closing.
One prize recipient
Pacific/Auckland time
Australia + New Zealand
No random draw
1. Promoter and acceptance
The promoter is Loopii Technologies Pty Ltd (ACN 695 140 722), registered in New South Wales, Australia (“Loopii”). Contact: support@loopii.io.
By selecting “Agree & enter” or publishing a Wave as a competition entry, you agree to these Official Rules and the Loopii Terms of Service. If the App presents a newer numbered version, you must review and accept that version before further entries can qualify.
2. Eligibility
Entry is free and no purchase is necessary. To enter, you must:
- be at least 18 years old and hold a valid personal Loopii account;
- be legally permitted to enter and receive the prize where you live;
- be physically present at a participating snowfield when capturing the entry; and
- not be a Loopii employee, administrator, official/system account, or another account excluded by Loopii for competition integrity.
Internet access, a compatible phone, the in-App camera and precise location permission are required. Standard carrier or data charges may apply.
3. Competition period and locations
The competition opens at 12:00 am on 1 June 2026 and closes at 11:59 pm on 30 September 2026, in the Pacific/Auckland time zone. Loopii’s server time determines whether an entry or interaction is on time.
An entry must pass Loopii’s location checks inside the active area of a participating Australian or New Zealand snowfield. The App’s server-side eligibility decision at capture or upload is authoritative, subject to correction of a clear technical error.
Participating snowfields
New Zealand:
- Whakapapa
- Turoa
- Tukino
- Manganui
- Cardrona Alpine Resort
- Coronet Peak
- The Remarkables
- Treble Cone
- Mt Hutt
- Porters
- Mt Cheeseman
- Broken River
- Craigieburn Valley
- Temple Basin
- Mt Dobson
- Roundhill
- Ohau Snow Fields
- Rainbow Ski Area
- Mt Lyford
Australia:
- Perisher
- Thredbo
- Charlotte Pass
- Selwyn Snow Resort
- Mt Buller
- Mt Stirling
- Mt Hotham
- Falls Creek
- Mt Baw Baw
- Lake Mountain
- Ben Lomond
- Mt Mawson
Loopii may correct a snowfield’s mapped centre or boundary where needed to reflect the real snowfield, provided this does not unfairly invalidate an entry that was eligible when made.
4. How to enter
- Sign in to Loopii and accept the current Snow Wave rules.
- At a participating snowfield, create a Photo Wave or add an original on-site photo or video to an eligible Wave using the in-App camera.
- Complete the location check and publish during the competition period.
Each account may submit multiple original works. A work can qualify only once. Multiple qualifying works attached to the same parent Wave are combined into that Wave, and the parent Wave occupies only one position on each relevant leaderboard.
Entries must be the entrant’s own work, be safe and lawful to capture, and have all permissions needed for identifiable people, music, locations and other protected material. Do not capture content while skiing, driving or acting dangerously.
5. Scoring and tie-breaks
Eligible activity is aggregated across all qualifying works in a parent Wave:
- one point for each unique eligible account that likes the Wave; and
- two points for each unique eligible account that leaves an approved comment.
The same eligible account may contribute up to three points to the same Wave—one through a like and two as a commenter. Repeated likes or comments by that account do not add further competition points. The entrant’s own activity, and activity from Loopii staff, administrators, official accounts, bots, purchased accounts or other ineligible actors, does not score.
Each eligible Wave has one place on the Australia + New Zealand combined board and on its applicable country board. If Waves have equal scores, the Wave that first entered the competition ranks higher; if still tied, Loopii uses the earlier server record identifier as the deterministic tie-break.
Live leaderboards are indicative only. Scores and eligibility remain provisional until final integrity review.
6. Provisional winner and prize
Subject to the review below, the eligible Wave ranked #1 on the New Zealand Snowfield Ranking at the closing time is the provisional winning Wave. The Australia + New Zealand combined ranking and individual resort rankings do not separately award a prize.
If the winning Wave contains works from more than one person, the prize recipient is the eligible contributor whose qualifying photo or video has the highest individual score within that Wave at closing. An individual score uses the same one-point-per-eligible-like and two-points-per-eligible-commenter formula in section 5. If qualifying works are tied, Loopii retains the existing in-Wave leader where one exists; otherwise the earliest qualifying tied work wins.
The prize is ski gear with a total recommended retail value of NZ$500. Exact item, brand, size and availability may vary. The prize is not transferable or exchangeable for cash unless Loopii agrees or applicable law requires otherwise. Loopii will pay ordinary delivery costs to an address it confirms it can service; duties or costs caused by an unsupported or international delivery address may require another lawful fulfilment arrangement.
7. Verification, notification and disqualification
After closing, Loopii will freeze the provisional result and review location evidence, account eligibility, originality, moderation status and engagement integrity. Loopii may remove bot, purchased, coordinated, duplicate, self, staff, abusive or otherwise suspicious activity and recalculate the result.
Loopii intends to contact the verified provisional winner by the email linked to the Loopii account and/or an in-App message within 10 business days after completing review. The contacted person must respond and provide reasonable eligibility and delivery information within 14 days. If they do not respond, cannot be verified, decline the prize or are disqualified, Loopii may review and contact the next eligible ranked Wave.
Loopii may reject or disqualify an entry for false or spoofed location, reused or non-original media, unsafe conduct, rights infringement, manipulation, harassment, spam, technical abuse, breach of these rules or breach of the Loopii Terms. A decision will be made reasonably and in good faith, subject to rights that cannot legally be excluded.
8. Privacy, changes, liability and contact
Loopii uses account, content, precise location, device/security signals and engagement information to administer and protect the competition, as described in the Privacy Policy. A winner’s display name, Wave and snowfield may be announced in Loopii and Loopii’s promotional channels. Any use beyond the licences already granted under the Terms will require permission where required by law.
If circumstances outside Loopii’s reasonable control materially affect the competition, Loopii may suspend, correct, extend, cancel or modify it only as reasonably necessary and subject to applicable law. Material changes will be displayed in the App or on this page; accepted entries will not be retrospectively disadvantaged unless necessary for legality, safety or integrity.
Nothing in these rules excludes rights or remedies that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law or other applicable law. The rules are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia, with non-exclusive jurisdiction. Questions or disputes should first be sent to support@loopii.io with “Snow Wave 2026” in the subject.
If a translated version conflicts with the English version, the English version controls to the extent permitted by law.