Snowboardcross

Seth Wescott: Snowboardcross is the roller derby of snowboarding, and 2005 world champ Wescott, 29, of Farmington, Maine, who has won seven X Games golds, has to be considered a favorite to win gold in Italy.

USATODAY.com - Snowboarding's top guy prepping for Torino 2006

Snowboardcross is to halfpipe as short-track speedskating is to figure skating.

USATODAY.com - Snowboarding sweep tops week's gold rush 2004

This weekend, Jacobellis takes another step toward qualifying for the Vancouver Games when she competes at the Visa Snowboardcross Cup in Telluride, Colo.

Error at Torino doesn't wipe out Lindsey Jacobellis' cool 2009

Snowboardcross makes its debut as an Olympic sport in Torino.

USATODAY.com - Snowboarding's top guy prepping for Torino 2006

Watanabe, meanwhile, didn't even qualify for World Cup events until winning the U.S. Snowboardcross Championships in December.

USATODAY.com - U.S. snowboarder Hale injured in training; Watanabe to race 2006

Snowboardcross matches a quartet of riders against each other on an undulating mile-long downhill course studded with obstacles such as bumps, jumps and a dozen tightly banked turns.

USATODAY.com - American Wescott rumbles to gold in snowboardcross 2006

Snowboardcross and parallel giant slalom riders were selected based on World Cup results.

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Snowboardcross and parallel giant slalom riders were selected based on World Cup results.

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Snowboardcross racer Nate Holland will compete in the 2006 X Games just a week and a half prior to the Winter Olympics in Torino.

USATODAY.com - U.S. snowboarder Holland ridin', rockin' toward Torino 2005

Snowboardcross: A race that's basically motocross on a snowboard.

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