JJA to race again? (for board dev)

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Anderson on track

Updated Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 17 h 34

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Jasey-Jay Anderson

Photo: AFP / PEDRO ARMESTRE

Jasey-Jay Anderson

Jasey-Jay Anderson will attend the first World Cup race of the season, Oct. 13, but he does not talk back yet.

It will be in Landgraaf in the Netherlands to assess the material as part of his work for his new company.

The Canadian athlete, recently retired, was the test equipment during a training camp for Team Canada this summer, and the idea of ​​participating again in races took shape.

"To do a good development, it must be fit, Anderson said Thursday. I find myself making 80% of training I was doing when I was an athlete. I must make the rounds of the World Cup anyway, since I do business with the same people. "

"To be effective, I could be active as an athlete, he said. I have a lot of information (on equipment), but I could if I was more active. "

If confirmed his return, it would not be for victory, but for his work.

"It's the development side as I look. When I'm on the track, I can help people, improve my product, be more active in its development, "he said.

And to return to competition, it has not all cards.

"What would my imminent return, it would be a partnership," he admitted.

Snowboard Canada, the Canadian Federation of snowboarding, a good eye sees the return of Quebecers. "They also see the positive and want to help me in my efforts," said Anderson.

[Pat Donnelly]

Published on October 12, 2011 @ 7:00 am

By First Tracks!! Online Media

Landgraaf, The Netherlands – The freestyle snowboard World Cup season began over a month ago in New Zealand, and now it’s time for the race boarders to follow suit. On Thursday the season’s sole indoor event, a parallel slalom, will take place at SnowWorld Landgraaf in Holland.

About 100 riders are expected to compete at the ninth event to be held in the so-called “World Cup fridge.” They will battle it out for the first World Cup points in the race for the coveted Crystal Globes. Qualifiers are scheduled for 9:30 a.m. local time while the finals will start at 2 p.m.

Eurosport 2 and Orange Sports in France will broadcast the head-to-head duels of the finals live.

Viewers and fans are likely to see last season’s winners in Landgraaf, Andreas Prommegger of Austria and Russia’s Ekaterina Tudegesheva, in the knock-out duels. In addition, fans will witness the unexpected return of Canada’s Jasey Jay Anderson to competition. The 36-year-old Vancouver Olympic Gold medalist, who had announced his retirement from active competition sports after the 2010 World Cup finals, is getting back to business.

Others expected to draw on solid results in Landgraaf from previous seasons include Germany’s Amelie Kober, and Siegfried Grabner and Benjamin Karl, both of Austria. While Grabner and Karl have each won the indoor event twice, Kober has smiled from SnowWorld’s top podium spot three times. The 23-year-old has spent the summer training rigorously after giving birth to her son Lorenz last year.

Other women fighting for contention will include Switzerland’s Fränzi Mägert-Kohli, Marion Kreiner and Claudia Riegler of Austria, and Kober’s German counterpart, Isabella Laböck. In addition, reigning Parallel Giant Slalom World Champion Alena Zavarzina of Russia is also back on track after a long break from a torn ACL.

On the men’s side, the odds-on favorites for victory are Austrians Karl, who successfully defended his Crystal Globes last season, and Andreas Prommegger. Italy’s Roland Fischnaller and Aaron March are also in the hunt, however, as they finished second and third, respectively, at last year’s competition at SnowWorld