Snowboarders shine under the lights with exciting Parallel Slalom runs in the Stade

It was triumph for the RAF's Natalie Fields and the Navy's Simon Andrews in the finals of the Snowboard Parallel Slalom at Meribel 2026.

The Stade hosted a superb night of racing under the floodlights with competitors working their way through a competitive field to get to the finals.

Along the way, we saw spills and photo finishes as the best of UK Armed Forces snowboarding was on show.

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The women's tournament saw two Army competitors, one from the RAF and one from the Royal Navy reach the semi-finals.

Each clash was held over two runs with the Army's Jordan Buckley defeating her teammate Jules Masso and the RAF's Fields beating the Navy's Cara Jones to reach the final.

The small final is for third place and a spot on the podium, and Jones was victorious.

The main women's final was a close battle, but eventually it was Fields who edged her way to victory and was celebrating wildly with her RAF team afterwards.

The men's tournament came down to Army v Navy in the final as Sven Benavides took on the Senior Service's Simon Andrews.

Unfortunately for Benavides, he took a tumble in the first run and the difference was too much to make up as Andrews took home the winning spot.

In third, an all-Army clash saw Jason Cole beat Paddy Morris to the final spot on the podium.