Simon Gruber will be in action on Thursday These nine athletes will start in the parallel disciplines (Pentaphoto) The two South Tyrolean boardercrossers: Omar Visintin and Emanuel Perathoner Marco Grigis, reigning junior world champion in slopestyle

Kick-off at the Snowboard World Championships: Grigis and Gruber in action

After last year's break, the FIS World Snowboard Championships will take place in Stoneham this year. The Italian national team's 20-member squad includes eleven South Tyroleans who will face international competition from Thursday in the disciplines of boardercross, parallel slalom, parallel giant slalom, big air and slopestyle.

16 January 2013

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