About

It's all the Same. This simple message represents Canada Snowboard's vision, aiming to create a heightened awareness of para snowboarding in providing leadership both domestically (within Canada) and internationally and to develop a clearly defined and supported pathway of training and competition opportunities. This will ultimately lead snowboarding in Canada to become fully integrated; providing the same opportunities, support and expectations for all participants. 

Para-snowboard events include male and female athletes living with a physical disability such as(but not limited to) spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy and amputation. There are two official disciplines in Para Snowboarding; Snowboardcross and Banked Slalom separated into different levels of competitions; Provincial events, Continental cups, World cups, World Championships and  Paralympic Winter Games.
 

Disciplines 

SNOWBOARD CROSS

During qualification, each athlete completes 2 runs down the course with their best run determining qualification results which seed the knock-out brackets. Finals consist of competitors racing in head-to-head heats of 2 to 4 athletes.

The ideal para snowboard cross (SBX) slope allows for the construction of all or some of the following terrain features:

• Banks (crescent-shaped)
• Doubled banks
• Rollers
• Offset rollers (single, double, triple, etc.)
• Minor jumps

Other terrain features can be built, but safety considerations and the riding level of the athletes must always be respected. 

BANKED SLALOM

Each athlete completes 2 runs down the course with their best run determining the final placing order, based on ascending time. There is only one rider at a time on the course. Banked Slalom attempts to replicate the spirit of surfing on a snowboard, with the course often set up in a gully, featuring racing gates on alternate banked turns

Thirst of competition is calling you – Contact us at para@canadasnowboard.ca or complete the Athlete Classification Form to start your journey!