Successful Season for SBX Athletes

Britain's Snowboard Cross team athletes have had some fantastic results so far this season and are promising more to come.

At the recent World University Games in Turkey all of the British team riders made the finals.  GBR's top ranking athlete was Rowan Brandreth who finished 16^th, closely followed by Thomas Bankes in 17^th.  The whole team finished in the top 30, with James Barrow and Kyle Wise coming 23^rd and 29^th respectively.

There was further success on the slopes in Val Thorens at the FIS French Cup, which took place from 5-6^th February.  On the first day of competition James Barrow finished in 8^th and Thomas Bankes also placed in the top 10 after finishing 9^th.  Simon Brown came a very respectable 38^th.  Day 1 saw some amazing competition, but there was more to come on day 2.  Rowan Brandreth took 36^th, while Simon Brown improved on his first day performance to finish in 31^st position, not far behind Simon Nicholson in 24^th.  The highlight though was Thomas Bankes' (pictured) superb podium finish.  He came 3^rd behind Fabio Cordi of Italy in 1^st and Brice Midol of France in 2^nd.