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 [...]
Some of the finest Vermont-related art exists on the snowboard
Life imitates art during the opening for The Art on Burton show at the Helen Day Art Center in Stowe on Friday, January 20, 2012. Describe snowboarding culture in three words?
Burton Snowboards Announces New North American Sales Structure
Burton Snowboards today announced a new structure for its North American in-house sales team.
Snowboarder Shaun White a marketing bonanza
ASPEN, Colo. - Shaun White is capable of doing things nobody else can come close to doing on a snowboard. He looks...
SIA Snow Show gives peek of next ski season's gear
One of the best previews of what snow-sports manufacturers have for next ski season comes at the annual trade show thrown by SnowSports Industries America, whether it's a new line of skis or off-the-wall inventions like light-up snowboards.
Element Mobile Sponsors Trick and Jump Competition at Nordic Mountain
Wireless carrier Element Mobile will sponsor the Rail Jam trick and jump competition at Nordic Mountain in Mount Morris, Wisconsin.Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. (PRWEB) January 24, 2012 Element Mobile will again sponsor the Rail Jam trick and jump competition at Nordic Mountain on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012. This is the second year the company has sponsored the Rail Jam, in which participants compete for ...
McMorris has eyes on snowboard championship
The view through Mark McMorris's goggles is breathtaking.
Snowboarding History: Tom Sims: From skateboards to snowboards
Tom Sims, who maintains that he invented snowboarding after creating a "skiboard" in 1963, moved to California in 1970, running a skateboarding shop in Santa Barbara. Skateboarding quickly exploded, with Sims himself as wo Copyright 2012 Summit Daily News. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Summit Daily News Snowboarding History: Tom ...
Mark McMorris has eyes on snowboard world championship
The view through Mark McMorris's goggles is breathtaking.
Rise of the splitboard
Splitboarding has come a long way since someone took saw to a snowboard. We check in with the revolution at the Canuck Splitfest at Rogers Pass.
