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Snowboard: Toward the Games
The Zürich meetings in the different working groups under the FIS Snowboard Committees had the Olympic Winter Games as a main theme. While the preparations for the 2010 Games in Vancouver are entering their final stage, the organizers of the 2014 Games in Sochi still have more time. Even so, an inspection of the planned Sochi venue is scheduled for early November .
In terms of rules and calendar planning, there were some rules changes to enable one run qualifications and finals in half-pipe and small amendments to the World Cup calendars in the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 seasons.
The Snowboard Committee has submitted a proposal to the Council for its consideration to present to the 2010 FIS Congress to add slopestyle as a World Championship event in the FIS Snowboard World Championships and in the Junior World Snowboard Championships starting with the 2010 edition in New Zealand in August 2010.
The Sub-Committee for Snowboard and Freestyle Youth and Children's Questions also met to discuss its strategy and will be working on an organizational analysis and determining its goals and strategy to implement under a new chairman to be appointed by the Council at its next Meeting.