Baqueira Beret will organize its second International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard Cross World Cup, which will take place on March 1st and 2nd. This will be the second event of the highest level of the FIS of this modality organized by the ski resort of Val d’Aran.
The best snowboarders
The Blanhiblar track will be the setting for the SBX World Cup. On Friday 1 will take place the qualifiers, and on Saturday 2, the competition will feature snowboarders of the best world class. Among them are the Spaniards Lucas Eguibar and Regino Hernández who, after his Olympic bronze medal, has become the icon of snowboarding in Spain. International athletes include the charismatic Australian Alex Pullin, winner in Baqueira in 2016, and the Frenchman Pierre Vaultier, gold medal in the Olympic Games of Sochi’14 and PyeongChang’18.
The presentation of the competition took place last January 16 in the Samaranch Hall of the Consejo Superior de Deportes (CSD) and counted with the intervention of María José Rienda, president of the Consejo Superior de Deportes, May Peus España, president of RFEDI, Lucas Eguibar, snowboardcross athlete of RFEDI, Xavier Ubeira, commercial director of Baqueira Beret and Rafael Fernández de Alarcón, global sponsorship director of Telefónica.
Support from the institutions
Among the institutions involved in the event are the RFEDI, the Federació Catalana Esports d’Hivern (FCEH) and the highest sports institutions in Spain, the Consejo Superior de Deportes (CSD) and Catalonia with the Consell Català de l’Esport (CCE). In addition, the Conselh Generau d’Aran, the municipality of Naut Aran and the Diputació de Lleida also support the competition along with local clubs and Volentaris d’Aran.
The first SBX World Cup held in Baqueira took place in 2016, in the middle of a great atmosphere and with the attendance of up to 3,000 spectators. Animations were organised, stands were set up and a tasting area was set up for Aranese and Pyrenean products that gave the event a gourmet touch.
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