Lucas Eguibar was on the verge of claiming his second Crystal Globe in snowboardcross at the final event of the season, which took place in Mount Sainte-Anne (Canada). The rider from San Sebastian was to win the Canadian event and the German Martin Noel he was at most third. It couldn’t be. The Spaniard finished fourth in an eventful final, which it was decided with ‘photo finish’ and in a heart attack finish.

Fourth place didn’t help Lucas Eguibar to repeat the feat of 2015, when he won his first and to date only Crystal Globe. Lucas Eguibar, vice-champion, only 74 points remained (added a total of 436 points after 9 events) to lift this great international title for the second time. The third position goes to the Canadian Elliot Grondinwith 399.

“I dreamed of being here a few years ago…”

He Champion of Gipuzkoa He tried to the last yard, but he had to settle for second place overall and had an exceptional season finale, which was not rewarded with honors due to the small details that decide a spectacular discipline in which the contenders compete in rounds of four. in circuits with jumps, banked turns and modules.

Noerl endured the final assault of the Spaniard and -after a triple ‘photo finish’, which decided the first three places in the last test of the route- won a competition which in the women’s category was marked by the Englishwoman Charlotte Bankes, for whom he enough to win the ‘little final’ and finish fifth to win a trophy that only the French Chloe Trespeuch could have won: third in the final, which was scored by the Australian Josie Baff.

“I knew I had to push hard. I had to get behind Eliot because he was going to take the first race at home. In the end it couldn’t be, but I’m very proud, very happy and grateful to the federation , the team, my family, to my sponsors”, indicated the runner from San Sebastián, in statements to RFEDI.

“It was a very good season in which we played 9 world cups and we made up to 6 finals. I dreamed of being here a few years ago with my back injury and we made it happen. I am very satisfied with the work done and I don’t know when but I’m totally sure the Crystal Globe will fall again as it happened in 2015Eguibar added.