Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics

The 2006 Winter Olympic Games Snowboarding competition consisted of men's and women's Halfpipe, Parallel Giant Slalom and Snowboard Cross events.

Medal table

nowboard cross

Snowboard Cross is a new event at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Competitors race in groups of four with the top two going onto the next round. The course consists of a combination of jumps, turns and moguls. The events took place in Bardonecchia on February 16.

nowboard cross

:"Main article: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's Snowboard Cross"Snowboard Cross is a new event at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Competitors race in groups of four with the top two going onto the next round. The course consists of a combination of jumps, turns and moguls.

The event took place in Bardonecchia on February 17. The final race will be remembered for the fall of American Lindsey Jacobellis on the penultimate jump. Jacobellis had a commanding lead in the snowboard cross final but attempted a trick on the penultimate jump, lost her balance, and crashed to the ground, seeing Switzerland's Tanja Frieden passing her to take the gold medal.

The best showing for an athlete from a country where the occurrence of snow is rare was that of Isabel Clark Ribeiro from Brazil.

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