Holland on podium in World Cup SBX in Switzerland

By U.S. Snowboarding News Bureau

VEYSONNAZ, Switzerland — Lindsey Jacobellis of Stratton Mountain, Vt., bumped her “most dominant snowboardcross rider in the world” moniker one more notch Thursday with the 24th World Cup SBX victory of her career.

Teammate and fellow X Games gold medalist Nate Holland of Squaw Valley was second in the men’s event, while Russian Andrey Boldykov snatched the win.

Jacobellis remained unbeaten after her season-opening victory in the USANA Snowboardcross Cup in Telluride earlier in the season.

The second place finish for Holland was his best since winning in Lech, Austria, in December 2010.

“It was one helluva day racing. It was fun. It’s one of the most unique courses on the World Cup tour, just the amount of speed that we have out of the start, which I personally love,” Holland said. “After the start the course kind of tightens down, so it’s nice to be out in front. I saw some carnage today in turn two. It happened in two of my heats. You pick your line and stick to it. It’s kind of no matter what comes.”