In the early 1990s, skiing had lost the cool factor. Who took it? Snowboarders. They were off on another side of the mountain, enjoying their twin-tipped boards built for the halfpipe and terrain park ...
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Getting ready for his third Olympics spread across a lifetime of snowboarding, 37-year-old halfpipe rider Louie Vito recounts his injuries — only the worst of the worst — like he ...
SNOWBIRD, UTAH — From the chairlift, the mountain looks like a snow-covered playground. And I approach it like a video-game character. I spot an untouched run to the right, strewn with craggy cliffs ...
Jalen Gough was born on the slopes. The oldest child of professional mogul skiers, her mother Patty is *** 3-time X Games champion. One of the first Americans to qualify for the games in Italy, Jalen ...
LIVIGNO, Italy — Getting ready for his third Olympics spread across a lifetime of snowboarding, 37-year-old halfpipe rider Louie Vito recounts his injuries — only the worst of the worst — like he’s ...
Female freeskiing is booming. Just a few years ago, the story looked very different. When Swedish creative and freeskier Ella Lewander was younger and dreamed of hitting the park, there were no girls ...
A decade after freeskiing became an Olympic discipline, many riders are longing for an alternative to the current trajectory of the sport. Instead of rigid contest structures and national teams, they ...