Snowboard World Cup to be held at Telluride

It may be hard to think of snow in the northern hemisphere right now but Colorado’s Telluride Ski Area will host the international snowboarding competition in the USA when the comes to town this December.

Scheduled between Dec. 17-20, Telluride will be the only stop in the US of the FIS Snowboard World Cup. It will be Telluride’s first World Cup event, and is set to be on the circuit for the foreseeable future.

“It’s very exciting to be able to bring an event of this scale to a resort as great as Telluride where the enthusiasm and drive to make this World Cup a success is so strong,” said USSA Vice President of Events Calum Clark in an article in the Tulluride Daily Planet.

As well as the scheduled events Telluride will also feature a team SBX exhibition competition. Team SBX pairs two riders from the same country on a team. One races the course against three to five other competitors and when that competitor crosses the finish line, the gate at the start triggers for the next teammate to begin racing.

“The World Cup at Telluride will be filled with intense competitions, and the setting provided by the resort provides us with the perfect opportunity to showcase the sport in the U.S. before it hits the world’s stage at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver,” Clark said.

For viewers in the United States, NBC will broadcast the Visa U.S. Snowboardcross Cup Dec. 26 at 2 p.m., and the cable station Versus will broadcast the event’s SBX competition Jan. 3, 2010 at 5 p.m. and the PGS competition Jan. 10, 2010 at 4 p.m.

Posted by Brendon on June 22nd, 2009 in Snowboard and Telluride and World Cup

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