Snowboard cross: Difference between revisions

Snowboard cross courses share common traits with motorcycle motocross courses, hence the similarity between the names of each sport. Competition format is typically a [[time trial]] followed by a [[Single-elimination tournament|knock-out tournament]].<ref name=coach>{{cite web|title=Boardercross Competition|url=http://www.snowboard-coach.com/boardercross-competition.html|access-date=13 November 2014}}</ref>

When [[Steven Rechtschaffner]] and partner [[Greg Stump]] had run out of ideas for segments for a TV show they were producing for [[Fox TV]] called ''Greg Stump's World of Extremes'', Rechtschaffner recalled the race concept that had been in his head for years. Given the need to come up with a final segment, Rechtschaffner, a passionate snowboarder, pitched the idea to Stump, who loved it, and [[Whistler Blackcomb|Blackcomb Mountain]], who put up prize money and [[snowcat]] time in order to build the first course in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rechtschaffner|first=Steven|year=1991|url=https://vimeo.com/9091556 |title=The Very First Ever Boardercross |authorformat=Steven Rechtschaffnervideo|formatwork=Greg videoStump's World of Extremes|publisher=Fox|access-date=1220 SeptemberApril 20182022|via=Vimeo}}</ref> John Graham, who was Stump's business manager, was credited with conceiving the name ''boardercross''. After being seen on the Fox TV show and re-aired on [[MTV Sports]], others began staging boardercross events in Canada, the U.S. and Australia. Rechtschaffner travelled to many of these events in order to help them learn how to build the boardercross courses.