Snowboard Cross: Fastest to the bottom wins

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Snowboard cross combines the skills of slalom and halfpipe, with competitors racing down a varied terrain of gates, moguls, jumps and banked turns. This pack-style speed race is conducted in heats with four racers vying to be the first down the hill. U.S. medal winners Seth Wescott and Lindsey Jacobellis explain their racing strategies.