PARA SNOWBOARD NEWS

Snowboarders in the start boxes

Ahead of the World Cup action, Canadian riders were in fine form at home in Big White.

IPCAS Snowboard World Cup at the Big White Ski Resort, Canada

Snowboard-cross and banked slalom to be contested at IPC Snowboard World Cup in Big White, Canada

The Netherlands' Bibian Mentel-Spee secured her second World Cup win in Aspen and was joined on the podium by teammate Lisa Bunschoten and the USA’s Heidi Jo Duce.

The three snowboarders secured their second snowboard-cross wins at the IPC Snowboard World Cup at Aspen Snowmass on Saturday (6 February).

Three adaptive snowboarders celebrate their podium finishes at the 2016 IPC Snowboard World Cup in Aspen, USA

Dutch riders Bibian Mentel-Spee, Chris Vos and Austria’s Patrick Mayrhofer also take the first snowboard-cross wins of the season in the USA.

Women on snowboard on the slope

The Dutch world and Paralympic champion secured a poignant victory in the USA on World Cancer Day.

Evan Strong, Mike Shea and Keith Gabel

The USA’s Amy Purdy and Mike Schultz and Dutch Paralympic and world champion Bibian Mentel-Spee will all make their return from Thursday (4 February).

Carl Murphy

After a knee injury put him out of action for more than a year, the New Zealander is ready to compete again.

Amy Purdy going over a hill in the snowboard cross course in Rosa Khutor.

The US Paralympic snowboard bronze medallist and celebrity wants to find a way to compete, whilst at the same time spreading her story.

Matti Suur-Hamari took the victory in the men's SB-LL2 snowboard-cross race at the La Molina 2015 IPC Para-Snowboard World Championships

Finnish snowboard-cross world champion is working harder than ever during the 2015-16 World Cup season.

Para-Snowboard

The World Championships medallist is also training hard to achieve World Cup success this season.

Joany Badenhorst on a snowboard at a snowboard-cross event.

Australian boarders are targeting podium finishes at the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.

snowboarder Chris Vos

Dutch teenager Chris Vos sweeps all events as banked slalom, snowboard-cross head-to-head and two lower-limb impairment classifications debut.

medals and trophies

The next generation of para-snow sport fans are being asked to design medals and trophies for cross-country skiing, biathlon, alpine skiing and snowboard World Cups.

Man in wheelchair holds woman in air while spinning wheelchair.

A recap of all major para-sport events that took place in November 2015.

Heidi Jo Duce, Lisa Bunschoten and Enya van Egmond at the IPC Snowboard World Cup in Landgraaf

US riders also secure triple wins at the first World Cup in Landgraaf, the Netherlands, on Thursday (19 November).

Woman on a snowboard

Dutch riders Chris Vos and Lisa Bunschoten and the USA’s Michael Minor make it two World Cup victories out of two in the Netherlands.