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Para-snowboarding classification is the classification system for para-snowboarding. The sport originally called Adaptive Snowboard is now practiced by hundreds of athletes around the world. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) defines two classes: SB-LL for athletes with a physical impairment affecting one or both legs, and SB-UL for athletes with a physical impairment affecting one or both arms who compete standing. The sport made its official Winter Paralympic debut in the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia. ==Eligibility== Classifications exist for deaf competitors, blind competitors, people with physical disabilities and those with intellectual disabilities. The IPC eligibility rules provide for athletes with a physical impairment such as limb loss or limb deficiency, spinal cord injury, nerve damage, or cerebral palsy. , athletes with other impairments, such as visual impairments, are not eligible.〔 The IPC defines two classes: * SB-LL for athletes with a physical impairment affecting one or both legs. Athletes may use a prosthesis or modified equipment to compete. * SB-UL for athletes with a physical impairment affecting one or both arms who compete standing.〔(【引用サイトリンク】date=28 June 2007 )〕 The World Snowboard Federation (WSF) has a more elaborate classification system, with classes SB1 to SB12 for snowboarders with limb disabilities: * SB1 for athletes with severe disabilities in both lower limbs * SB2 for athletes with severe disabilities in one lower limb * SB3 for athletes with moderate disabilities in both lower limbs * SB4 for athletes with moderate disabilities in one lower limbs * SB5 for athletes with disabilities in both upper limbs * SB6 for athletes with disabilities in one upper limb * SB9 for athletes with disabilities in one upper and one lower limb * SB10 sitting class for athletes with disabilities in both lower limbs and trunk * SB11 sitting class for athletes with disabilities in both lower limbs and partial trunk function * SB12 sitting class for athletes with disabilities in lower limbs and good trunk function The WSF also defines three visual impairment class, B1, B2 and B3, identical to those used by the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) for other sports for visually impaired athletes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Para-Snowboarding Classification )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Para-snowboarding classification」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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