Snowboard

Sometimes the best things happen when you least expect them. That was pretty much how it was for Canadian snowboarder Will Malisch, at the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade.   “Going into Krasnoyarsk, I was pretty sure I was almost at the end of my snowboard racing career,” says Malisch candidly, as he reflects on the […]

If you think China is not really at the forefront when it comes to snow sports, you’re not the only one. Ask Tianle ‘Alan’ Li, who is part of the Chinese contingent heading to Krasnoyarsk for the Winter Universiade 2019.   His college classmates find it difficult to understand why he spends so much of […]

We check in with FIS Technical Delegate Lukasz Ligocki. His reaction to the Sopka Cluster says it all: “I haven’t ever seen such a high standard sports cluster”   Just before the turn of the New Year, Lukasz Ligocki, International Ski Federation (FIS) Technical Delegate, Snowboard International Judge, visited Krasnoyarsk for the first time to […]

  ALMATY – Chile has sent only three athletes to the 28th Winter Universiade -two alpine skiers and snowboarder Iñaqui Irarrazaval. This 24-year old athlete manages to combine being a professional snowboarder, student of Andrés Bello University and a father to his son. “He’s awesome, we always travel together, all around the world. so he […]

    ALMATY — Brolin Mawejje didn’t see snow until he was 12 years old.   “The first time I saw snow, it was mesmerizing. I still remember it to this day,” said Mawejje. “I had never been cold before.”   And now, at age 24, Mawejje is one of the best snowboarders in the […]

  ALMATY: Johannes McAlpin, an Australian slope snowboarder, who experiences the Winter Universiade for the first time, often is asked the question how it is possible to practice a winter sport in one of the hottest countries.  “People get the impression that we don’t have snow,” the young athlete jokes. “But we have snow, winter […]

  Leo Trespeuch racing in red and blue of France  MONTE BONDONE – The first medals of the Winter Universiade were won at Monte Bondone in the Men’s and Women’s Snowboard Cross. The Czech Republic took both gold and silver in the Women’s, while Hanno Douschan of Austria took gold in the men’s. Amongst the […]