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 ...
Burton Welcomes Back Kimmy Fasani to the Team
Burton Snowboards is happy to officially welcome back pro snowboarder Kimmy Fasani to the team.
Snowboarding History: Technology boosts snowboarding growth in 1980s
The 1980s may conjure up images of Cabbage Patch Dolls, MTV and Pac-Man, the U.S. men's ice hockey team's "miracle" at the 1980 Olympics - and also snowboarding, which exploded onto the scene of winter sp Copyright 2012 Summit Daily News. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Summit Daily News Snowboarding History: Technology boosts ...
VIDEO: X Games 2012 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.
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 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.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 ...
X Games include teen sensations flush with fame, fortune
A dozen of today's Winter X Games stars are teenagers who are finding themselves flush with fame and fortune while tracking toward Olympic stardom, their teenage life engulfed by a grown-up world of business, travel and competition.
Technology, competitions encourage growth
The 1980s may conjure up images of Cabbage Patch Dolls, MTV and Pac-Man, the U.S. men's ice hockey team's "miracle" at the 1980 Olympics - and also snowboarding, which exploded onto the scene of winter sports during Copyright 2012 Vail Daily. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Vail Daily Technology, competitions encourage growth ...
International Capsules: Vonn dominates in World Cup downhill win
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — Lindsey Vonn dominated yet another World Cup downhill on Saturday, and winning by 1.42 seconds on the Engiadina course.
