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Matti Suur-Hamari
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The men’s snowboard cross SB-LL2 World Cup title will be decided between USA’s Mike Shea and Finland’s Matti Suur-Hamari.

Manuel Pozzerle competes at the 2015 IPC Snowboard World Championships in La Molina, Spain.
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Snowboarders from around the world will try and claim overall World Cup globes in banked slalom and snowboard-cross.

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The Canadian snowboarder has achieved his best ever results on the World Cup circuit this season.

Ben Tudhope
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The up-and-coming rider explains how at first, snowboarding did not come naturally.

Matti Suur-Hamari glides down the course in the Men's Para Snowboarding Cross - Standing
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Chris Vos extends his lead at the top of the World Cup rankings in Formigueres, France, and an exciting tie between Matti-Suur Hamari and Michael Shea develops with one race to go.

Patrick Mayrhofer of Austria
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Austrian, Dutch, US and French riders are amongst the overall title winners at the IPC Snowboard Europa Cup in Formigueres, France, on Friday (11 March).

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The USA’s Michael Minor takes his first snowboard-cross World Cup win in Les Angles, France.

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“There’s no way around it, that’s my goal” says US snowboarder with two years to go until the Paralympic Winter Games.

Snowboarder Nicole Roundy rides down course with Sochi 2014 banner in background
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“Snowboarding as a bilateral or above-knee amputee is the most technically complicated sport in the Paralympics,” says the US snowboarder.

Cecile Hernandez-Cervellon
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Current points leaders from around the world are in France aiming to strengthen their positions in the standings.

Keith Gabel - Para Snowboard - Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympic Games
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Sochi 2014 bronze medallist explains why Theodore Roosevelt, his uncle Jim and all people with impairments inspire him.

Nicole Roundy, USA hops out of the starting gates
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Three women from the worlds of popular culture and sport inspire US snowboarder Nicole Roundy.

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Athletes will compete at Les Angles in both snowboard-cross and banked slalom between 8-12 March.

Cecile Hernandez-Cervellon snowboards down the course at Sochi 2014.
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Chris Vos and Matti Suur-Hamari take their second wins of the week at the IPC Snowboard World Cup in Big White, Canada.

Sochi 2014 Paralympic Games silver medallist Shea went right to the line with bronze medallist teammate Keith Gabel in an exhilarating big final of the men’s SB-LL2.
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Austrian Reinhold Schett takes his first World Cup win after threatening the No. 1 spot all season.

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World champions are also in form in snowboard-cross in Big White, Canada.

Snowboarders in the start boxes
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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
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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.
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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
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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.