The FIS Snowboard World Cup season 2016717 has come to a close and with it, some athletes have announced they are stepping back from professional snowboarding.

Norway's Tomas Northug has decided to end professional skiing career. "It's hard but but I made the decision and now I will see what the future holds," Tomas Northug said to NRK.

French super star Jason Lamy Chappuis, Olympic and five-time World Champion, announced his comeback to competition at a press conference held in Paris (FRA) last week.

Ilkka Jarva has become the head coach of the Czech Cross-Country team. Jarva is going to spend with the team 150 days in a year and will be supported by Czech coaches who will be responsible for the daily work.

Spring the time when teams take the opportunity to reorganise their coaching staffs. Some nations have already announced changes and hired new coaches for the upcoming Olympic season. Here is an update of some of the new faces with the various teams.

At 38 years of age, Norwegian veteran Håvard Klemetsen has decided that it’s time to hang up his skis. “At age 38, I have realised that it is maybe time to get a proper job and start to collect more pension points”, Klemetsen is quoted on nrk.no. 

Last spring Charlotte Kalla decided to leave the Swedish national team and during the off-season to train on her own. Kalla is going to keep the same model for the Olympic Games season preparation. 

Austria's Daniela Iraschko-Stolz had to undergo surgery on Tuesday, due to an injury that she had already sustained early March.