Snowboard Community Update - January 2024
Published Thu 25 Jan 2024
Dear Snowboard Community,
Welcome to the first Snowboard community update of 2024. We have had a very busy northern season so far with over 40 athletes overseas competing in FIS events in Europe North America and Asia.
Over in Gangwon, South Korea at the Youth Olympic Games, history was made last weekend with Abbey Wilson and William Martin claiming bronze in the SBX team event. The pair are the first athletes to claim a medal for Australia at these Games and continues Australia’s success in Snowboard Cross with Josie Baff winning gold in 2020 at Lausanne. In the individual women’s race Wilson placed 4th, and Lara Walsh placed 18th. In the individual Men’s event Martin placed 12th and Cameron Turner placed 16th. Congratulations to the YOG Snowboard Team on their results!
See full results below:
- YOG Men's Snowboard Cross results
- YOG Women's Snowboard Cross results
- YOG Snowboard Cross Team results
Congratulations are in order to Millie Bongiorno who claimed third at the Pamporovo PSL European Cup in Bulgaria overnight. This is Millie's first podium of the season, well done Millie!
The St Moritz SBX World Cup qualifiers begin today, where we will see Josie Baff, Belle Brockhoff, Mia Clift, Cam Bolton, Adam Lambert and Jarryd Hughes compete for a finals spot. You can follow the live results here with finals for the World Cup streamed on Snowlive from 10pm Friday night.
Following the SBX World Cup completion in St Moritz, attention turns to the PGS World Cup in Simonhöhe, Austria, where Millie Bongiorno and Harvey Edmanson will compete.
Finals can be watched on SnowLive with live results and qualifiers available below:
- Mens SBX Qualification – St Moritz (SUI)
- Womens SBX Qualification – St Moritz (SUI)
- Men PGS Qualification – Simonhöhe (AUT)
- Women PGS Qualification – Simonhöhe (AUT)
Ben Tuhope is currently partaking in Madonna, Italy for a training camp. He will travel to Pyha, Finland at the end of January to prepare for his first SBX World Cup of the new year beginning on February 5. Ben has had a fantastic start to his season having claimed two silver medals at the Landgraaf Banked Slalom World Cup in December 2023. Best of luck Ben!
Check live results here
The 2024 Alpine Snowboard Junior World Championships kick off on March 22-24 in Lachtal, Austria. For more information about how you can express your interest visit here.
The 2024 SBX Junior World Championships have not yet been announced. Once the Championships have confirmed a date and venue, an expression of interest will be sent out.
As always, we hope everyone is having a safe and enjoyable summer. To those competing overseas, we look forward to hearing about your Northern Hemisphere season and seeing your results as you continue to progress!
All the best,
Snowboard National Discipline Committee
Snow Australia
In this edition:
- Youth Olympic Bronze for Snowboarders Abbey Wilson and William Martin
- 2024 Junior World Championships - EOI
- Watch World Cups Live
Image courtesy of Chris Hocking OWIA
YOG SBX Team image courtesy of AOC
