Star Wars lands at Sierra with park for little snowboarders
By Kathryn Reed TWIN BRIDGES – Sierra-at-Tahoe has put the force of Burton and Lucas Films behind its kids’ learn to snowboard program. Four-year-old Elliana zips away from Jar Jar Binks headed toward Chewbacca. It doesn’t take her long before she is riding without any assistance. “Dropping in,” she says as she whizzes down the subtle decline. Yoda's Riglet [...]
Ryo Aono and Queralt Castellet Win Halfpipe Finals at the 2012 Burton Canadian Open
The 4th Annual2012 Burton Canadian Open presented by MINI (CANO) ended the week with Ryo Aono (JPN) and Queralt Castellet (ESP) winning the exciting halfpipe competition.
First triple cork 1440s landed in Winter X history
ASPEN, Colo. -- The Snowboard Big Air finals Friday at Winter X Games 2012 quickly turned into a triple cork party under the lights at Buttermilk with Canadian rider Mark McMorris claiming his first Winter X gold thanks to a massive backside triple cork mute 1440. McMorris scored 49 out of a possible 50 points for the trick. "I didn't really think it was going to come down to triples because ...
McMorris good as gold on snowboard stage
Mark McMorris wants nothing to do with the one-hit wonder label.
McMorris has eyes on snowboard championship
The view through Mark McMorris's goggles is breathtaking.
Mark McMorris has eyes on snowboard world championship
The view through Mark McMorris's goggles is breathtaking.
Another Winter X Games Podium for Jossi Wells
Aspen, Colorado (29 January 2012) –Jossi Wells wraps up the 2012 Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado with a bronze in Ski Big Air, becoming a three-time medallist at the world’s most prestigious winter snow sports competition.
VIDEO: X Games2012 American women dominating on the snow
There was triumph for America's women in the snowboard slopestyle and the snowboard halfpipe at the Winter X Games.
There are plenty of opportunities for fun in the snow
A colder air mass will usher in light to moderate snow showers Saturday night through Wednesday, but the total amount of fresh powder it brings all depends on where the convergence zone sets up.
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