
The majority of nations have made the final selection of who’ll go to Vancouver. See who’ll be flying the flag for you.
So there we were, tapping up our contacts at the various national snowboard organisations trying to get a definitive list of all the guys and girls who’ll be repping their countries in the pipe at the upcoming Olympics and, wouldn’t you know, our homies over at the Swatch TTR World Tour beat us to the punch. Thanks guys!
It must be said, it can often seem the selection process is more confusing than an algebra exam, with each country having different required criteria, and for the riders bidding to go it must certainly be a nerve-wracking experience waiting to see if all the points tally right and planets have aligned properly. But now, for most, the wait is over.
As ever there’s some big names who didn’t make it and some relative unknowns who did so, drum roll please, here’s who’s announced their pipe ninjas so far…
MEN
USA
Shaun White
Scotty Lago
Louie Vito
Greg Bretz
FINLAND
Peetu Piiroinen
Janne Korpi
Ilkka-Eemeli Laari
Markus Malin
FRANCE
Mathieu Crepel
Arthur Longo
Aluan Ricciardi
Gary Zebrowski
SWITZERLAND
Christian Haller
Iouri Podladtchikov
Markus Keller
Sergio Berger
NORWAY
Fredrik Austbø
Tore V. Holvik
Roger S. Kleivdal
Ståle Sandbech
CANADA
Jeff Batchelor
Justin Lamoureux
Brad Martin
Micheal Lambert
AUSTRALIA
Scott James
(15 year old youngest ever snowboarder to compete at a Winter Olympic Games.)
Ben Mates
GREAT BRITAIN
Ben Kilner
NEW ZEALAND
James Hamilton
Mitch Brown
GERMANY
Christophe Schmidt
WOMEN
USA
Gretchen Bleiler
Kelly Clark
Hannah Teter
Elena Hight
SWITZERLAND
Ursina Haller
Manuela Pesko
NORWAY
Kjersti Ø. Buaas
Linn Haug
Lisa H. Wiik
CANADA
Palmer Taylor
Sarah Conrad
Mercedes Nicolls
AUSTRALIA
Torah Bright
POLAND
Paulina Ligocka
NEW ZEALAND
Juliane Bray
Kendall Brown
Rebecca Sinclair
CZECH REPUBLIC
Sarka Pancochova
GREAT BRITAIN
Lesley McKenna
FRANCE
Sophie Rodriguez
Mirabelle Thovex
As you can see, Japan have yet to announce their team and they certainly have riders who can have a say in the final outcome, but them aside all the big hitters are accounted for. Check out over on the TTR webpage where you can see how those riders have been performing on the World Tour so you can have all the information possible when you head down the bookies’ to have a wee flutter.
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