The FIS Snowboard World Championships commenced at Solitude Mountain Resort in Solitude, Utah. Here are some super shots from the event!
![Italy's Fabio Cordi competes during the Men's Snowboard Cross Qualifier at the FIS Snowboard World Championships on Thursday](//im.rediff.com/sports/2019/feb/01snow-1.jpg?w=670&h=900)
IMAGE: Italy's Fabio Cordi competes during the Men's Snowboard Cross Qualifier at the FIS Snowboard World Championships on Thursday. Photograph: Tom Pennington/Getty Images
![USA's Nick Baumgartner competes in the Men's Snowboard Cross Qualifiers on Thursday](//im.rediff.com/sports/2019/feb/01snow-2.jpg?w=670&h=900)
IMAGE: USA's Nick Baumgartner competes in the Men's Snowboard Cross Qualifiers on Thursday. Photograph: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
![Czech Republic's Vendula Hopjakova competes during the Ladies' Snowboard Cross Qualifier on Thursday](//im.rediff.com/sports/2019/feb/01snow-3.jpg?w=670&h=900)
IMAGE: Czech Republic's Vendula Hopjakova competes during the Ladies' Snowboard Cross Qualifier on Thursday. Photograph: Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images
![The sun peaks out through the trees at the FIS Snowboard World Championships at Solitude Mountain Resort in Solitude, Utah, on Thursday](//im.rediff.com/sports/2019/feb/01snow-4.jpg?w=670&h=900)
![Czech Republic's Radek Vintr competes during the Men's Snowboard Cross Qualifier on Thursday](//im.rediff.com/sports/2019/feb/01snow-5.jpg?w=670&h=900)
IMAGE: Czech Republic's Radek Vintr competes during the Men's Snowboard Cross Qualifier on Thursday. Photograph: Tom Pennington/Getty Images