FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2011
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| Host city | La Molina / Barcelona |
|---|---|
| Country | Spain |
| Events | 9 |
| Opening | January 14, 2011 |
| Closing | January 22, 2011 |
| Events at the 2011 FIS Snowboarding World Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Halfpipe | men | women |
| Parallel giant slalom | men | women |
| Parallel slalom | men | women |
| Slopestyle | men | women |
| Snowboard cross | men | women |
| Big Air | men | |
The FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2011 was an international snowboarding competition held from January 14 to 22, 2011, in La Molina and Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) by the FIS Snowboarding World Championship,[1]
All the competitions were held in La Molina, except the big air competition, which was held in Barcelona.[2]
Media and marketing
The TV broadcast rights were sold to Eurosport in Europe, CBC in Canada, Sky A in Japan, and ORF was given the rights to broadcast in Austria.[3]
Venues
The world championships began with the big air competition at the Palau Sant Jordi arena in Barcelona.[4] A ramp 102 feet (31 m) long was constructed on the location and an estimated 17,000 fans attended the finals of the event on January 15.[5] The remaining events all took place in La Molina beginning on January 17. La Molina is two hours north of Barcelona in the Pyrenees and is the oldest ski resort in Spain.[5]
Similar to the 2010 Winter Olympics, the La Molina venue suffered from excessive warmth which threatened the events for the World Championships. Much of the surrounding slopes were barren of snow as most of the remaining snow was piled on the courses and venues for the event.
Results
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big air [6] |
 Petja Piiroinen (FIN) | 51.7 |  Seppe Smits (BEL) * | 48.9 |  Rocco van Straten (NED) | 47.4 |
| Halfpipe [7] |
 Nathan Johnstone (AUS) | 26.8 |  Iouri Podladtchikov (SWI) | 26.2 | Markus Malin (FIN) | 24.3 |
| Slopestyle [8] |
Seppe Smits (BEL) | 28.7 |  Niklas Mattsson (SWE) | 28.1 | Ville Paumola (FIN) | 26.2 |
| Snowboard cross [9] |
Alex Pullin (AUS) |
 Seth Wescott (USA) |
Nate Holland (USA) | |||
| Parallel giant slalom [10] |
 Benjamin Karl (AUT) |
 Rok Marguč (SLO) |
 Roland Fischnaller (ITA) | |||
| Parallel slalom [11] |
Benjamin Karl (AUT) |
Simon Schoch (SWI) |
Rok Marguč (SLO) | |||
- Original silver medalist Zachary Stone of Canada was stripped of the silver medal, because he tested positive for cannabis.[12][13]
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halfpipe [14] |
Holly Crawford (AUS) | 26.7 | Ursina Haller (SWI) | 23.4 |  Liu Jiayu (CHN) | 22.5 |
| Slopestyle [15] |
Enni Rukajärvi (FIN) | 28.2 |  Šárka Pančochová (CZE) | 25.2 |  Shelly Gotlieb (NZL) | 21.6 |
| Snowboard cross [16] |
Lindsey Jacobellis (USA) |
 Nelly Moenne Loccoz (FRA) |
 Dominique Maltais (CAN) | |||
| Parallel giant slalom [17] |
 Alena Zavarzina (RUS) |
Claudia Riegler (AUT) |
Doris Günther (AUT) | |||
| Parallel slalom [18] |
 Hilde-Katrine Engeli (NOR) |
Nicolien Sauerbreij (NED) |
Claudia Riegler (AUT) | |||
