In 2021, the pair only competed in two races due to pandemic-related cancellations. However, they expect this year to be much busier.

Bunschoten and fellow Dutch para snowboarder Renske van Beek are encouraging other young women to get involved in the sport, running training camps officially called Adaptive Board Chicks.

And Vos has a foundation that helps young people with disabilities get involved in sports and exercise.

Outside of snowboarding, Bunschoten is a keen horse rider while Vos has acquired his pilot's licence and enjoys flying private planes.

Born with fibula aplasia, Bunschoten's left leg grew shorter than her right－and at 16, she made the agonizing decision to have her foot amputated.

Her brother encouraged her to try snowboarding as a teenager.

Doctors didn't expect Vos to ever walk again after he hurt his right leg at age 5 in an accident with a digging machine, which resulted in it becoming paralyzed.

On a family skiing holiday two years after the incident, Vos' father thought he might be able to stand on a snowboard, so he tied a rope around his waist and off they went.

AFP