The SBX World Cup Montafon is a snowboard competition that takes place annually in

Montafon Montafon ( in local dialect: "''Muntafu''") is a long valley in the westernmost Austrian federal state of Vorarlberg. It is traversed by the river Ill (Vorarlberg) and extends from the city of Bludenz and the Verwall Alps in the north, to th ...

Vorarlberg Vorarlberg ( ; ; , , or ) is the westernmost States of Austria, state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is the state with the second-highest popu ...

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) as part of the

FIS Snowboard World Cup The FIS Snowboard World Cup is an annual snowboarding competition, arranged by the International Ski Federation (FIS) since 1994. Since its inauguration, different disciplines have been added and removed, along with categories used to group them ...

. The competitions are held at Hochjoch in

Schruns Schruns is a municipality in the Montafon valley (altitude 690 meters), in the Bludenz district of the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg. To the west is the famous Zimba mountain, often called the "Vorarlberger Matterhorn," which is ve ...

in the Silvretta Montafon ski area. The following disciplines have been carried out in Montafon so far: snowboard cross (SBX) and parallel slalom (PSL). The snowboard cross route is 980 meters long and the parallel slalom route is 280 meters long.

History

Snowboarding was added to the FIS competition program in May 1994. The first Snowboard World Championship was held in 1996. In the 2010/11 season, the Snowboard Cross World Cup was held in

Lech am Arlberg Lech am Arlberg ( Alemannic: ''Lääch'') is a mountain village and an exclusive ski resort in the Bludenz district in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg, on the banks of the river Lech. In terms of both geography and history, Lech ...

, before it continued to be held in Montafon. There, the first Snowboard Cross World Cup took place in December 2012. In December 2014, the snowboard cross had to be cancelled due to warm temperatures. Instead, a parallel slalom and mixed team competition were held. In 2018, snow production was impossible for the track, due to warm temperatures once again, so that year the snowboard cross had to be cancelled. In the season 2020/21, due to policies regarding

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, all races in Montafon (FIS Ski Cross Weltcup, FIS Snowboard Cross World Cup) had to be postponed to 15 and 16 January 2021, and later be cancelled completely. The next Snowboardcross World Cup is planned for 15-17 March 2024.

Standings

Women

Men

Team

External links

Website of the SBX World Cup Montafon

References

{{FIS Snowboard World Cup seasons FIS Snowboard World Cup Ski areas in Austria Vorarlberg Sport in Vorarlberg Sports venues in Austria Recurring sporting events established in 1994