PARA SNOWBOARD NEWS
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Snowboarders honour Mentel-Spee with strong performances at World Cup Finals
Gabel, Hernandez and Kotzian take double gold in final snowboard-cross races
![Four-way snowboard-cross event](/sites/default/files/2021-03/jacopo-luchini-james-barnes-miller-Simo-Vilhunen-80.jpg)
Italy’s Luchini and Moro hoping to solidify gains at home World Cup Finals
Colere, Italy to host closing World Cup of the 2020-21 Para snowboard season
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Colere to close off World Cup season with snowboard cross races
Nearly 30 athletes from nine countries set to compete in Italy in new addition to the 2020-2021 calendar
![male Para snowboarder Maxime Montaggioni](/sites/default/files/images/190320114347877_Maxime-Montaggioni-La-Molina.jpg)
Montaggioni rises from ‘black’ days to renew pursuit of elusive Paralympic medal
French Para snowboard champion banking on brain power to succeed at Beijing 2022
![Puriya Khaliltash competing at PyeongChang 2018](/sites/default/files/2021-03/Puriya-Khaliltash.jpg)
Iran’s Para snowboarders eager to script more national history at Beijing 2022
'I will never give up. My goal in the future is to inspire people who want to do great things with all their impairments.'
Beijing 2022 venues host first Para snow sports competitions
Para alpine skiing and Para snowboard Asian Cup races held at Yanqing and Zhangjiakou Zones
![Matti Suur-Hamari](/sites/default/files/2021-02/Matti%20Suur-Hamari%20podium.jpg)
Home gold for Finland’s Matti Suur-Hamari
Luchini, Oguri and Bunschoten sweep gold on snowboard cross weekend at Finnish ski resort
![A group of male snowboarders jumping during a competition](/sites/default/files/2021-02/Pyha%202020.jpg)
Riders excited to get back to racing in Pyha
Finland hosts first and only World Para Snowboard World Cup of the 2020-21 season over the weekend
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Armenia’s newly-created Para snowboard team sets big goal
Three female and one male rider dream with a ticket to Beijing 2022 to boost the sport and attract more athletes
Kiana Clay races boys and paves way for fierce females
USA athlete becomes first adaptive snowboarder on star-studded team and hopes to attract more women to come into the sport
![A man celebrating and showing his bronze medal on the podium](/sites/default/files/2020-03/GettyImages-932748800.jpg)
IPC podcast: Bruno Bosnjak spares no details
Croatian’s candid conversation about his two accidents and why he still keeps doing action sports
World Para Snow Sports Championships postponed to 2022
First joint Worlds for Para alpine skiing, Para biathlon, Para cross-country and Para snowboard were originally scheduled to February in Norway
![Three snowcats moving the snow to build a Para snowboard course](/sites/default/files/2020-10/Hafjell%20Snowboard%20Course.jpg)
How to build a world-class snowboard course
If the athlete reviews of the March courses are anything to go by, Lillehammer 2021 promises to be a spectacle
![A male Para snowboarder competing](/sites/default/files/2020-09/asset_SB5_8638_3696_1_ioc_2020-09-16_174128.jpg)
Pioneer Mike Shea swaps snowflakes for sawdust
Paralympic medallist announces retirement and speaks out about the challenges of adjusting to a new lifestyle after elite sport
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Last-minute loss fuels Luchini for Lillehammer
Following season cut short, Worlds medallist prepares to become first snowboard instructor with an impairment in Italy