Snowboard parallel World Cup opens indoors with the world's best at start
After the LG Snowboard FIS World Cup opening in half-pipe and in snowboard cross in the Southern hemisphere, it's now time for the alpine snowboarders to sharpen the edges and apply the right wax on their boards. On 10th October, 2008, the world's best carvers will meet in the Netherlands to battle for the first parallel World Cup points in the only indoor parallel slalom of the season. The race boarders take advantage of the secure snow conditions in SnowWorld Landgraaf for the fourth consecutive time. Overall, it is the sixth time the head-to-head duels take place on the approximately 250-meter-long slope in Landgraaf.
Вэбкамеры "оттуда":
http://zoetermeer.snowworld.com/pages/content/s2/webcams_zm.aspx Nicolien Sauerbreij (NED), the defending parallel and overall World Cup champion, is returning home trying to set the cornerstone for another successful World Cup season. Last year, the 29-year-old took third in SnowWorld after being defeated by just 30 hundredths in the semi-finals by Amelie Kober (GER) who took her second back-to-back win. They will be challenged by the strong Austrian team, including Heidi Neururer, Claudia Riegler and Marion Kreiner.
On the men's side, the two-time Landgraaf winner Siegfried Grabner (AUT) will lead his teammates, 2008 overall World Cup champion Benjamin Karl and Andreas Prommegger, along with Rok Flander (SLO), Roland Haldi (SUI), Canada's Matthew Morison and Jasey Jay Anderson to start the season. The Landgraaf finals will be broadcast live both on Dutch TV channel RTL and on Eurosport 2.
Интерактивный календарик FIS с ошибками
в русских названиях:
http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/disciplines/snowboard/fiscalendar.html