Canada Snowboard – Two world cups and three national events will highlight this year’s domestic calendar

Vancouver, BC – Canada Snowboard, along with its Provincial and Territorial Snowboard Associations, is happy to announce the dates and locations of its 2017-2018 events schedule. With a jam packed season on the horizon for the National team including two domestic world cups, the next wave of canadian riders will participate in a variety of events from the Sport Chek Air Nation Freestyle Tour presented by Burton and Mazda as well as the Sport Chek Speed Nation Alpine & Snowboardcross tours presented by FA Design & Mazda.
 
Canada will host two World Cup finals events this year, the first being the Big White 2018 World Para Snowboard World Cup at Big White Ski Resort from February 5th-9th, 2018.  This event will serve as the World Cup Finals of  the Para snowboard calendar before the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Paralympic Games from March 9th-18th, 2018.
 
For the first time in its history, the longest running snowboard world cup in Canada will also serve as the Big Air World Cup Finals, as the Jamboree presented by Vidéotron returns to Quebec City from March 22-25, 2018, with the Snowboard Big Air presented by Mazda also marking the final of the FIS Super Series.
 
Alongside Snowboard Ontario, the Alberta Snowboard Association, and BC Snowboard, Canada Snowboard will co-host three major national events this season. The Sport Chek Speed Nation Alpine Nationals presented by FA Design and Mazda will head to Ontario’s Blue Mountain resort Feb 5th-9th, 2018., the Sport Chek Air Nation Freestyle Nationals presented by Burton and Mazda will take place at Calgary’s Canada Olympic Park from March 5th-12th, 2018., and the Sport Chek Speed Nation Snowboardcross Nationals presented by FA Design and Mazda will slide into Kelowna, BC’s Big White Ski resort from March 21st-26th, 2018.
 
All speed discipline events will be sanctioned as FIS North American Cup events, while freestyle competitions will be sanctioned by TTR as TTR national events & FIS as a North American Cup. Full event listings are as follows:

Sport Chek Air Nation Freestyle Tour presented by Burton and Mazda
 
Sun Peaks Resort (Sun Peaks, BC)
Jan 19^th -21^st, 2018
Slopestyle (SS)
 
Mount St Louis Moonstone Resort (Moonstone, ON
Feb. 9-11, 2018
SS, Halfpipe (HP)
 
Mont Tremblant (Mont-Tremblant, QC)
Feb 13^th-15^th, 2018
SS/Big Air (BA)
 
Canada Olympic Park (Calgary, AB)
Mar. 5^th – 12^th, 2018
Nationals: SS, HP, BA
 
 
Sport Chek Speed Nation Alpine Tour presented by FA Design and Mazda
 
Le Relais (Lac-Beauport, QC)
Jan. 3^rd– 4^th, 2018
PSL
 
Blue Mountain (Blue Mountains, ON)
Feb 5^th-9^th, 2018
Nationals: PGS/PSL
 
Toronto Ski Club (Collingwood, ON)
Feb 20^th-21^st, 2018
PGS
 
Sport Chek Speed Nation SBX Tour presented by FA Design and Mazda
 
Tabor Mountain (Prince George, BC)
Jan. 26^th -28^th, 2018
SBX
 
Craigleith Resort (Craigleith, ON)
Feb. 7^th – 9^th, 2018
SBX
 
Mont Orignal (Mont Orignal, QC)
Feb. 21^st -23^rd, 2018
SBX
 
 
Big White Ski Resort (Big White, BC)
Mar. 21^st-26^th, 2018
SBX
 
Para Snowboard Nationals
 
Big White Ski Resort (Big White, BC)
Mar. 21^st-26^th, 2018
Para SBX
 
Canada Snowboard would also like to highlight the 2018 Arctic Winter Games, taking place from March 18-24, 2018 in Fort Smith, NWT as well as the 2018 CADS Ski & Snowboard Festival, heading to Quebec’s Mont St. Anne from March 18-23.
 
A full list of Provincial/Territorial Series events will soon be available on the Canada Snowboard website and each association’s website, alongside detailed listings of Elleboard Ladies Only Ride Days, and Mazda Speed & Style Super Grom series events.

For more information, please visit www.airnation.ca & www.speednation.ca
 
For more information on Canada Snowboard or the 2017/2018 events calendar, please contact: 
 
Eric Escaravage
Communications Coordinator
Canada Snowboard
Eric.escaravage@canadasnowboard.ca
(613)-862-6532

About Canada Snowboard
Canada Snowboard is the national governing body for snowboarding in Canada. With the support of valued corporate partners like The Canadian Tire Corporation, Mackenzie Financial, FA Design, Burton Snowboards, Zanier Gloves, and Mazda Canada, along with the Government of Canada, Own the Podium, the Canadian Olympic Committee, and the Canadian Paralympic Committee; Canada Snowboard is committed to high performance excellence in FIS World Cup, World Championships, World Snowboard Tour and Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games competition. Canada Snowboard also provides a wide range of programs and support services based on established principles of long-term athlete development. For more information on the services and programs offered by Canada Snowboard, visit: www.canadasnowboard.ca