
Manx snowboardcrosser Zoe Gillings is optimistic new funding will pay dividends for her in the future.
A knee injury has ruled her out for the rest of this season - a campaign which has been overshadowed by unrest away from the snow.
Just five days before the Vancouver Winter Olympics, the then British governing body went bust.
A new organisation called the British Snowsports Federation has been set-up with full backing from the British Olympic Association.
It means a more settled outlook and an agreement to train with the United States athletes:-
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