By Shannon Lukens. Photo courtesy Susan Petersen. Elliott is wearing his new cowboy hat from F.M. Light & Sons.
Paralympian and four-time World Champion Noah Elliott won the overall Crystal Globe Wednesday at the FIS Para Snowboard World Cup, happening this week at Steamboat Resort. Elliott had the highest points out of everyone from all disciplines combined to be the overall winner.
Elliott is a former instructor at STARS, which is Steamboat Adaptive Recreational Sports. He started coming to Steamboat with the Sunshine Kid Foundation, with a camp for kids with cancer.
“Winning today in Steamboat with the overall, like this is just a testimony for all the years, the dream, the fight, the training, and I just really used the energy from the Yampa Valley to be able to bring it home today. So it really meant a lot to me.”
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This is the first time the FIS Snowboard World Cup has been back in the United States since 2017.
From the U.S. Ski and Snowboard team: The Para Snowboard World Cup at Steamboat demonstrates U.S. Ski & Snowboard’s commitment to grow the visibility of its athletes and sports through increasing domestic competition opportunities. By showcasing elite World Cup competition on home snow, U.S. Ski & Snowboard hopes to inspire future generations of Para snowboarding athletes.
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