The Winter Games featured its first WSF para snowboard world cup at Cardrona Alpine Resort yesterday, with a strong international field.
It was an all-American result. World No 1 Amy Purdy won the women's competition in a combined time of 202.69sec, and Evan Strong, also world No 1, claimed the men's title in 148.25sec, just ahead of New Zealander Carl Murphy.
Purdy and Strong both said Cardrona's world cup course was the best they had seen for an adaptive competition.
The athletes were now keen to see if snowboard cross would be included in the 2014 Paralympics in Sochi.
"It's not a Paralympic sport at the moment but we're due to find out any day," Purdy said.
"I think to bring a sport that a lot of our generation relates to will definitely benefit the Paralympics and it will really blur the line between able-bodied and adaptive sport. We all raced really well here today and showed the sport has the ability to be included at Paralympic level."
Yesterday's event also included the demonstration sport of sit ski on the gravity cross course.
Corie Peters, of New Zealand, clocked the fastest time in 190.97sec, after just three weeks in a sit ski. Gemma Fletcher was first woman in 222.40sec.
