PARA SNOWBOARD NEWS
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Bunschoten focused on PyeongChang podium
After winning a bronze medal at the 2015 IPC Snowboard World Championships, the Dutch hopeful is doing everything she can to medal at the next Winter Paralympics.
![Evan Strong, Mike Shea and Keith Gabel](/sites/default/files/images/150721123203849_FotorCreated.jpg)
US names alpine skiing, snowboarding national teams
Sochi 2014 podium sweepers Evan Strong, Mike Shea and Keith Gabel return to represent Team USA.
![Snowboarder passing a gate](/sites/default/files/images/150706121727898_150228IPC0213_0.jpg)
Snowboarder Kristian Moen: work hard, dream big
Despite being only 15, Moen set a national first in La Molina, Spain, when he won Norway's first ever para-snowboard World Championships medal.
![A picture of a woman doing snowboarding.](/sites/default/files/images/130306180130661_581749_486416548074566_1032402931_n.jpg)
Giant slalom to attract more athletes to snowboard
Event to be added to the snowboard programme to give new athletes more opportunities to compete.
![Brenna Huckaby of USA competes at the 2015 IPC Snowboard World Championships.](/sites/default/files/images/150618102923518_150224_LAMOLINA_IPC_2015_HUCKABY_013.jpg)
How gymnastics helped Huckaby to snowboard title
The USA’s snowboard-cross world champion says that her success on snow proves that ‘you never forget your first love’.
![The Alpensia Resort is seen from above on February 10, 2015 in the mountain cluster of Pyeongchang, South Korea.](/sites/default/files/images/150306095847428_PyeongChang%2B1.jpg)
PyeongChang 2018 assessed on first official visit
Representatives from IPC Alpine Skiing and Snowboard went to South Korea to check on progress for skiing and snowboard for the next Paralympic Winter Games.
IPC Governing Board meeting finishes in Tokyo
The Board approved the athlete and medal event quotas for the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.
POCOG celebrates the 1st ‘Paralympic Day’ event
Event ramps up preparations for the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.
![Bibian Mentel receives her Sochi gold](/sites/default/files/images/140315144823631_Bibian%2BMental%2BSochi.jpg)
Sochi 2014 athletes’ view: Bibian Mentel-Spee
The winner of the very first women’s Paralympic gold in para-snowboard talks about pushing the sport on after the success of the Paralympic Winter Games.
![Dutch rider Chris Vos won the snowboard-cross men’s SB-LL1 at the 2015 IPC Para-Snowboard World Championships in La Molina, Spain](/sites/default/files/images/150225173658909_Chris%2BVos%2BLa%2BMolina.jpg)
The Netherlands' Chris Vos named February’s Allianz Athlete of the Month
At La Molina 2015 17-year-old Vos won two world titles, in the snowboard cross head-to-head and banked slalom.
![Allianz Athlete of the Month poll for February 2015](/sites/default/files/images/150302131337403_Allianz%2BAthlete%2Bof%2Bthe%2BMonth%2BFebruary%2B2015_0.jpg)
Vote now for the Allianz Athlete of the Month – February 2015
The public has until Monday 9 March to vote for their favourite from the six candidates.
![Patrick Mayrhofer of Austria](/sites/default/files/images/150205120754824_Snowboard%2BWC%2BAspen.jpg)
Weather forces cancellation of final two World Cup Snowboard events
Warm temperatures and a lack snow mean both events will no longer take place.
![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](/sites/default/files/images/150226160710203_150224_LAMOLINA_IPC_2015_SUUR__1.jpg)
Month in para-sport review: February 2015
Catch-up on what went on during a very busy month for winter sports.
![Bibian Mentel receives her Sochi gold](/sites/default/files/images/140315144823631_Bibian%2BMental%2BSochi.jpg)
Dutch delight as Vos and Mentel-Spee land world titles in La Molina
Chris Vos and Bibian Mentel-Spee secured their second world titles of the week on the final day of the IPC Para-Snowboard World Championships in La Molina, Spain.
![Dutch rider Chris Vos won the snowboard-cross men’s SB-LL1 at the 2015 IPC Para-Snowboard World Championships in La Molina, Spain](/sites/default/files/images/150225173658909_Chris%2BVos%2BLa%2BMolina.jpg)
Preview: IPC Para-Snowboard banked slalom events
A look ahead to the final day of competition at the IPC Para-Snowboard World Championships in La Molina, Spain.
![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](/sites/default/files/images/150226160710203_150224_LAMOLINA_IPC_2015_SUUR__1.jpg)
Flying Finn Suur-Hamari hopes for Worlds double
New snowboard-cross world champion Matti Suur-Hamari wants to inspire other Scandinavian athletes to take up para-snowboard.