Pearce says snowboarding not too dangerous
Two years removed from an amazing recovery after an accident in Utah, Kevin Pearce is hanging out and doing some TV work at the Winter X Games this week. These are games being played in honor of Sarah Burke, the freestyle skier whose halfpipe accident led to her death last week. Despite the loss of one of their stars and the injury-forced retirement of another, Winter X athletes all around the ...
Battle On The Border Wraps Up At Lookout Pass
The annual Battle on the Border event brings together freestyle athletes from around the region to compete in freestyle skiing and snowboarding events.
Live chat: Are winter extreme sports just too dangerous?
Join The Province's Terry Bell, Canadian Freestyle CEO Peter Judge and U.S. Snowboarding physician Dr. Thomas Hackett.
Snowboarding's first competition
In April of 1981, a small Colorado resort called Ski Cooper, located near the historic mining town of Leadville, hosted the very first snowboarding contest. This competition attracted early snowboarders such as Tom Sims, Jake Burton, Copyright 2012 Vail Daily. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Vail Daily Snowboarding's first ...
Pearce says snowboarding is not too dangerous
The news, for Kevin Pearce, was all too familiar and horrifying.
Top freestyle skier in coma after crash
Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke was in a coma Tuesday after crashing during a training run on the superpipe in Park City, Utah. Andy Miller, spokesman at the Park City Mountain Resort, said Burke was taken off the mountain by members of the resort's mountain patrol after the accident and airlifted to a Salt Lake City hospital.
Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke dies at 29
Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke succumbed to brain damage, nine days after crashing during superpipe training in Park City, Utah.
Riders and Judges Named for Red Bull Supernatural
Red Bull and Travis Rice today announce the 16 snowboarders who accepted invitations to compete at the inaugural Red Bull Supernatural at Baldface Lodge outside of Nelson, B.C., Canada.
Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke dead at 29
Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke died Thursday, nine days after crashing at the bottom of the superpipe during a training run in Utah.
Freestyle skiing star Sarah Burke dead at 29
Sarah Burke, a women's freestyle skiing pioneer who was instrumental in getting the sport onto the schedule for the 2014 Sochi Olympics, died Thursday due to injuries suffered in a crash earlier this month. The 29-year-old Canadian fell during a training run in Utah on Jan. 10. She tore her vertebral artery, causing bleeding in the brain and cardiac arrest. She died nine days later in a Salt ...
