The FIS Snowboard World Championships concluded in La Molina, Spain on Sunday 23rd January with Australia finishing as the leading nation with three gold medals, after the record breaking success of AIS scholarship athletes Alex Pullin, Holly Crawford and Nathan Johnstone each winning a World Championship. Pullin, Crawford and Johnstone join a select group of Australian winter sport athletes who have won World Championships, consisting of Kirstie Marshall (Aerials), Jacqui Cooper (Aerials), Alisa Camplin (Aerials), Dale Begg-Smith (Moguls), Zali Steggall (Alpine) and Men’s 5000m relay team (Speed Skating).