Para-snowboarding classification

The sport, initially called Adaptive Snowboarding is now practiced by hundreds of athletes worldwide.

[3] The IPC defined two competition classes in 2014: For the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, the IPC divided the SB-LL category in twain:[5] The World Snowboard Federation (WSF) has a more elaborate classification system, with classes SB1 to SB12 for snowboarders with limb disabilities: The WSF also defines three visual impairment classes, B1, B2, and B3, identical to those used by the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) for other sports for visually impaired athletes.

The sport, widely called Adaptive Snowboarding, [8] held its first official competition at the 2000 USASA Nationals in Waterville Valley NH, USA.

This was done in consultation with the IPC and is part of the process of preparing the sport for inclusion in the Paralympic Winter Games.

Para-Snowboard and Adaptive Snowboarding do not necessarily refer to the same thing, though both are practised by people with disabilities.

[13] After initially rejecting the sport in August 2011, the International Paralympic Committee changed its mind and added Para-snowboarding to the Alpine Skiing programme on 2 May 2012.

In April 2014, the IPC announced plans to add slalom to the events at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Consideration was also given to having the snowboard cross event run with pairs of athletes competing against each other rather than as a time trial.