Breuil-Cervinia, the famous skiing spot in the Aosta Valley on the Italian side of the Matterhorn, will be the setting of the World Cup, hosting an enthusiastic Snowboard Cross – SBX competition.

For those of you not familiar with this speciality, it is a spectacular race that sees a group of athletes set off together and face a slope that includes parabolic curves, jumps, steps and apparently flat sections with a high risk of riders colliding.

The best riders in the world will challenge one another in both the men’s and women’s competitions.

With the preliminaries on Thursday 15 and the finals on Friday 16 December, the week running up to Christmas is set to be thrilling on the slopes in Breuil-Cervinia.