Summary Rok Marguc earned first career snowboard World Cup victory by winning parallel giant slalom event.
Rok Marguc of Slovenia and Hilde-Katrine Engeli of Norway earned their first career snowboard World Cup victories Sunday by winning parallel giant slalom events.
Marguc beat Matthew Morison of Canada in the men s final to follow up on the world championship gold he won in the parallel slalom in January. He had three previous World Cup podium finishes — the last one coming two years ago in Moscow.
In the women s race, Engeli beat Patrizia Kummer of Switzerland in the final.
Engeli won the parallel slalom world championship title in 2011 but had never been on the podium at a World Cup event before.
