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In a few days, another first of the 2009 LG Snowboard FIS World Cup takes place as Cypress is not only hosting three World Cup events for the first time, but also organising the competitions on the 2010 Olympic snowboard venue. The world’s best riders will meet at the resort close to Vancouver, BC, Canada. More than 300 athletes from 31 countries will compete in a Snowboard Cross (Feb, 12th + 13th), a Halfpipe contest (Feb, 14th) and a Parallel Giant Slalom (Feb, 15th) in order to battle for World Cup points and a total price money of 150.000 Canadian Dollars. Outstanding line-upAs impressive as the possible pay check for the top ranked athletes of each competition is the line-up for all three events. In the Snowboard Cross Canada’s squad including 2006 Olympic Bronze medallist Dominique Maltais, Maelle Ricker as well as Drew Neilson, Tom Velisek and Robert Fagan are looking forward to match with international SBX cracks from the US like Olympic Champion Seth Wescott, Lindsey Jacobellis, Shaun Palmer, Nate Holland and Graham Watanabe or Norway’s 2009 World Champion Helene Olafsen and her fellow team mate Stian Sivertzen as well as Xavier Delerue (FRA), new World Champion Markus Schairer (AUT),David Speiser (GER), Sandra Frei (SUI) or Zoe Gillings (GBR). Shaun White ready to rumbleIn the halfpipe, the competition for the hosting country and its riders like Brad Martin, Crispin Lipscomb, 2009 World Championships Silver medallist Jeff Batchelor, Justin Lamoureux or Dominique Vallée is also more than strong. Led by snowboard super star Shaun White (USA) and his team mates Danny Kass, Kelly Clark and Hannah Teter, some pros from Europe, Oceania and Asia are also flying to Canada to meet for an outstanding Halfpipe festival. Besides Antti Autti and Peetu Piiroinen from Finland or French Mathieu Crepel and Polish Paulina Ligocka everyone of distinction doesn’t want to miss the action and the chance to compete with the world’s best at the venue for the 2010 highlight. No wonder, that Ryoh Aono (JPN), Jiayu Liu (CHN) and Australia’s Torah Bright and Holly Crawford accept a long travel in order drop in the halfpipe at Cypress. In the Parallel Giant Slalom, Alexa Loo, Kimiko Zakreski as well as Matthew Morison and 2009 World Champion Jasey-Jay Anderson (all CAN) will face the strong Austrian team including 2009 PSL World Champion Benjamin Karl, PGS Gold medallist Marion Kreiner and Doris Guenther who not only claimed WCS Silver twice but also leads the Parallel World Cup with a comfortable lead. In addition, Amelie Kober and Patrick Bussler from Germany, Nicolien Sauerbreij (NED) and double WCS Silver medallist Sylvain Dufour (FRA) will be ready to find out who will be the faster one in enthralling head-to-head duels.  |
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