The Denver Post

Groups break down barriers on Colorado’s slopes to diversify winter sports that are “just so hard to get into”

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When Vivian Perez was growing up in the suburbs of Chicago as a first-generation Mexican American, sledding was the extent of her winter sports experience. Her parents weren’t raised with snow, so they couldn ...
The Spokesman-Review

How made-in-WA snowboards still conquer the slopes

SEQUIM, Wash. – Pick up any snowboard and odds are it was made overseas, which means board designers are typically far removed from production. That’s not the case at Mervin Manufacturing, a factory in Sequim where the minds behind the GNU and Lib Tech ...
NPR

Finding (and losing) yourself backcountry snowboarding

My favorite thing to do in the world is backcountry snowboarding — journeying into the untamed wilderness of alpine hinterlands and gliding down mountains, far from the manicured slopes, lifts, and crowds of ski resorts. Every trip into the backcountry ...
The Conversation

How snowboarding became a marquee event at the Winter Olympics – but lost some of its cool factor in the process

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. University of Waikato provides ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Local snowboarder Kate Delson named to U.S. Para Snowboard Team

Carmel Valley native Kate Delson, one of the top adaptive snowboarders in the country, was recently selected for the U.S. Para Snowboard Team. Delson is now training to compete and represent her country in the Milano Cortina Paralympic Winter Games in ...
Powder

U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame Announces Eight-Person Class of 2025

The Class of 2025 will officially be inducted during a Snowsports History Celebration at Snowbird, Utah, on April 11, 2026. From cross-country skiing to ski jumping, adaptive skiing and snowboarding, marketing to manufacturing, all inductees share the ...
The New York Times

She Was a Child Instagram Influencer. Her Fans Were Grown Men.

“Jacky Dejo” was introduced to social media by her parents as a snowboarding prodigy. Now 18, she has seen the dark side of the internet — and turned a profit from it. By Jennifer Valentino-DeVries and Michael H. Keller Jennifer Valentino-DeVries ...
The Aspen Times

Su joins Gu with Olympic snowboard big air gold for host China

BEIJING — China’s extreme sports youngsters were ready for a big Olympic stage. The host country built one for them, and they delivered. Su Yiming gave China its second gold medal at Big Air Shougang, matching Eileen Gu with a stunning show Tuesday in ...

Man dies in snowboarding accident at Stevens Pass

The man was snowboarding at Stevens Pass and crashed headfirst into a snow-covered creek well, according to the King County sheriff's office.
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