Cortina
Aug 31, 2018·Alpine Snowboard
After a lack of snow forced Local Organisers in the 2014-15 season to cancel the originally scheduled snowboard cross World Cup and replace it by a parallel slalom event for their debut as a World Cup host, Cortina d'Ampezzo has committed itself to annual alpine snowboard action under the lights ever since.
On December 16, 2017, Cortina will organise its third consecutive World Cup making the middle of December a thrilling time for the raceboard stars with back-to-back races in Italy within only three days (Dec 14 brings a PGS in Carezza).
However, it's the first time for some wider turns as a PGS will be run in the 2018 Olympic winter.
WINNERS
Year
Ladies
Men
Event
Format
2015
Patrizia Kummer (SUI)
Christoph Mick (ITA)
PSL
single run
2016
Ester Ledecka (CZE)
Andrey Sobolev (RUS)
PSL
single run
VENUE SITE
Located at 1,224 metres above sea level, and nestling in the wonderful Dolomites offering 120 skiable slope kilometres, Cortina d'Ampezzo is no stranger to the FIS World Cup family.
The host of the 1956 Olympic Winter Games has not only been the playground for several Alpine Skiing World Cup events already, but is also a constant member of the women's alpine tour since 1993.
Nevertheless, the 2015-16 season marked a first for this well-experienced organiser of major events situated on the Boite river, in an alpine valley and known for its jet set and aristocratic European crowd as Cortina d'Ampezzo welcomed a totally different winter sport species by hosting the first snowboard World Cup staged on Tondi Normale.
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