FIS Snowboard World Championships 2009 dates

4th January 2009

Well known resorts and some newbies

This year the FIS Snowboard World Championships are to be held in some popular well known ski resorts like Kreischberg and Bad Gastein in Austria, Bardonecchia in Italy and Stoneham, Quebec in Canada.

FIS Snowboard World Championships 2009 dates

But there are some new venues this year - Bayrischzell/Sudelfeld, in Germany and Maine USA - Sunday River. British Columbia's Cypress Mountain will be used as a bit of test for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

This year for the first time Asia will host a stage of FIS Snowboard World Championships, January 17th to 24th at Sungwoo Resort in Gangwon, South Korea.

LG Snowboard FIS World Cup schedule

January and February 2009:

  • January 6-7: Parallel Giant Slalom and Night Parallel Slalom - Kreischberg, AUT
  • January 10-11: Night Snowboard Cross and Snowboard Cross - Bad Gastein, AUT
  • January 14: Halfpipe - Gujo, JPN
  • January 31: Parallel Giant Slalom - Sudelfeld, GER
  • February 5-7: Slopestyle and Halfpipe - Bardonecchia, ITA
  • February 12-15: Snowboard Cross, Halfpipe and Parallel Giant Slalom - Cypress Mt., CAN
  • February 18-22: Snowboard Cross, Halfpipe, Big Air and Parallel Giant Slalom - Stoneham, CAN
  • February 26-28: Parallel Giant Slalom and Snowboard Cross - Sunday River, USA

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