Faye Gulini is not only a two-time Olympic snowboardcross rider; she has proven her mettle with multiple National Championship titles and podiums since 2010. (Getty Images/Cameron Spencer)
Lindsey Jacobellis and Alex Deibold posted the top U.S. results in the final snowboard cross FIS World Cup of the season Sunday.
Lindsey Jacobellis and teammate Faye Gulini battled to a silver medal at the FIS World Cup Snowboardcross team event at Montafon.
Lindsey Jacobellis started her season strong when she scored her first World Cup podium of the season in a nail-biter, photo finish.
Led by Hope Sports and More Than Sports, U.S. Freeskiing and U.S. Snowboarding had a three-day adventure in Tijuana. Together, the 19 athletes built a house for a needy family, converting them from competitors to teammates.
Led by Hope Sports and More Than Sports, U.S. Freeskiing and U.S. Snowboarding had a three-day adventure in Tijuana. Together, the 19 athletes built a house for a needy family, converting them from competitors to teammates.
In the middle of February and the height of snowboarding season, Faye Gulini took a break from snowboardcross to fly to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. But the trip was not for a competition.
Alex Deibold, Nick Baumgartner, Nate Holland, Faye Gulini and Lindsey Jacobellis all qualified into Friday’s snowboardcross FIS World Championships finals.
A team of 23 riders will represent the U.S. at the 2015 FIS World Snowboarding Championships in Kreischberg, Austria Jan.15-25.
With two Olympic appearances and six X Games under her belt, Faye Gulini knows what it takes to perform on the snowboardcross course.
Faye Gulini (right) rode to fourth after a heartbreaking crash forced Lindsey Jacobellis out of the big final and into seventh on Sunday at the snowboardcross event of the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games.
Seven snowboardcross athletes, including Olympic silver medalist Lindsey Jacobellis, have been nominated to the 2014 Olympic team. (Photo: Sarah Brunson/U.S. Snowboarding)
Olympians Nate Holland (in green) and Lindsey Jacobellis both took snowboardcross gold at X Games Aspen Friday, less than two weeks before heading to Sochi, Russia for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
VIDEO: U.S. 2nd in Veysonnaz
Faye Gulini and Callan Chythlook-Sifsof finished 3rd in the FIS Snowboard World Cup team snowboardcross in Veysonnaz, Switzerland behind Italy and Canada.
Nate Holland took his first World Cup podium of the season with a second place finish in the World Cup snowboardcross Saturday.
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Faye Gulini first started riding at Snowbird, UT when she was nine years old. She didn't wait long before taking to the snowboardcross course, racing in her first SBX event at age 10 in Jackson Hole, WY. Five years later Gulini moved to Vail, CO to pursue her Olympic dream. Gulini's ascent to success was then swift, as she landed the results she needed for a spot on the 2010 Olympic snowboardcross team. Gulini then rode well enough in 2011 to earn a spot on her first World Championships team in both snowboardcross and slopestyle. A top 10 at the X Games Aspen in 2011 and a third at U.S. Champs cemented Gulini as a key influence in the sport. A knee injury in 2012 put her season on hold, but then she soared into second at the 2012 Canyons Resort Sprint U.S. Grand Prix. She followed up in 2013 by landing five World Cup’s top 10s, including an eighth at the Olympic test event in Sochi, and taking the U.S. title at the Sprint U.S. Grand Prix at Canyons. The 2014 Olympic season saw Gulini qualify for her second Olympic snowboardcross team after her top-10 World Cup finish at Lake Louise. A sixth-place finish at the X Games Aspen geared her up for Sochi, where she pulled out her best Olympic finish to date, landing just off the podium in fourth. The 2015 and 2016 seasons brought on more successful results on the World Cup circuit and two top-ten finishes at the X Games, including a career-best, fifth-place finish in 2016. FIRST TRACKS OFF THE SNOW
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