Alpine Snowboard World Cup Davos: 48-Hour Turnaround From Carezza
The Visa FIS Alpine Snowboard World Cup convoy leaves Carezza on Wednesday and reaches Davos by Friday, giving riders barely 48 hours before Saturday’s first parallel slalom opens at 14:00 CET.
Two-Day Move From Italian Dolomites to Swiss Alps
Crews face a 180-kilometre haul over the Brenner Pass, dropping from South-Tyrolean limestone to Graubünden snow hours after Italy’s men swept the Carezza podium. Staff will strip the Italian course at dawn Thursday, truck timing cells and sponsor banners north overnight, and re-rig lights on Davos’s 180 m vertical by Friday evening. Snow guns fired Monday night to build a 45 cm base along the 550 m PSL lane that skirts the town ice rink, letting spectators walk from the train platform to the finish fence in six minutes.
Italian Men Target Fifth Straight Win
No country has opened a World Cup winter with four consecutive men’s victories since parallel snowboarding debuted in 1999, yet Italy owns every top step this season. Daniele Bagozza, Aaron March and Maurizio Bormolini carry that streak onto a hill where Bagozza won the 2022 inaugural PSL and March grabbed bronze. Austrian coaches, still chasing a men’s win since December 2023, used the break to drill roll-over entries on a replica slope in Lienz, hoping the discipline switch jars Italy’s rhythm.
Arvid Auner’s Davos Track Notes
Defending PSL crystal-globe holder Arvid Auner lands with the course’s fastest split times memorised: 12.4 seconds to the roll-over, then a 37 km/h carve into the flats. “You can’t micro-correct after gate six,” the Austrian said Tuesday. “The drop hits 28 degrees—carry the G-force or you’re out.” His wax tech confirmed a 0.5-degree base bevel, half a click sharper than Carezza, to grip the –8 °C surface expected for run one.
Swiss Women Hope for Home Podium
Host hopes rest on Julie Zogg after her DNF in Carezza, yet Flurina Neva Baetschi may offer the steadier ticket; she stood on this podium last February, losing only to Japan’s Tsubaki Miki in the final. “My parents can bike from Monstein in twenty minutes,” Baetschi said. “Cowbells mixed with DJ beats at the start gate give me goose-bumps.” Miki returns with the same 159 cm, 17 m radius board that worked here last year, while yellow-bib leader Sabine Payer—winner of back-to-back PGS races—will test a narrower stance to speed PSL transitions.
Bib Draw and Broadcast Schedule
Friday’s bib draw shifts to the Davos Platz promenade at 18:00 CET, turning the lottery into open-air theatre. Swiss broadcaster SRF streams qualifying Saturday from 09:30 CET; the World Cup YouTube channel carries English-language finals at 14:00 CET. High pressure is forecast, so floodlit finals should run without fog delays.
Quick Access Guide
- Arrive by 08:00 CET Saturday for free roadside viewing above the roll-over.
- Download the FIS Live App for real-time knockout brackets.
- Bring clear anti-fog goggles; grandstands sit in shade all morning.
- Take shuttle bus line B from Davos Dorf—parking fills by 09:00 CET.
- Stay for athlete sign-ins at the Kurpark tent, a 15-minute walk from the finish.
Source: FIS Communications