The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that para-snowboard events will be included for the first time in the programme for the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.
ESPN has announced a shortlist of nine cities to host three events outside the United States as part of an expanded X Games calendar beginning in 2013.
Putnam Investments, the Boston-based money management firm with around $120 billion in assets under its management, will sponsor the US Ski and Snowboarding teams for the next four seasons.
Sports-broadcaster ESPN, events-producer Canal Plus Events and the Tignes Ski & Snowboard Resort has announced the first Winter X Games will be held in Europe in March 2010.
Britain is set to host its first ever World Cup Snowboarding event, the International Ski Federation confirmed today. The Big Air event will be staged in London on the 25th October.
LG Electronics has agreed a one season title sponsorship deal with the International Ski Federation for the Snowboard World Cup.
The Nanshan Open, the first snowboard contest in China, added Red Bull as the Open’s title sponsor. Red Bull joins an impressive roster of returning and founding sponsors from previous years.
Sportvision, Inc., an innovator of sports and entertainment products for fans, media and marketing partners, will integrate a series of new graphic technologies into NBC’s telecast of the Winter Games in Torino.
The Arctic Challenge (TAC), the final stage of the Ticket to Ride Snowboarding Series, has signed an exclusive two-year agreement with FUEL, the 24-hour network dedicated to action sports.
BoardsportSOURCE, Europe’s only B2B magazine for the surf, snow and skate industry, in assocation with Method, 7th sky, ISPO, Laax, Eurosima, Pleasure and Snowtime, has organised the first ever European Snowboard Industry Forum.
