Let it snow (please?): Ski resorts hoping the rest of winter is more wintry
Unseasonably warm weather across the Midwest and Northeast this winter has dealt a blow to local and regional resorts for the first half of the snowsports season, delivering less natural snow and sustained snowmaking temperatures than in most years.
Twice as nice: Clark golden again in superpipe at X Games
Kelly Clark, the Winter X Games 16 snowboard superpipe champion, boosts out of the pipe Friday night at Buttermilk.
Video: Steve Nash pulls “The Corn Chopper” on a snowboard
2-time MVP Steve Nash has always been game for a good viral video. His latest entry involves him auditioning for ESPN’s “Winter X Games Real Snow” competition by pulling the ultra-dangerous “corn chopper,” which is apparently too awesome to be shown — all we get to see is Nash’s teammates reacting to the trick, rather…
FIS World Cup back at Blue
About 200 athletes from 25 countries will descend on Blue Mountain for the International Ski Federation (FIS) ski cross and snowboard cross competitions the first week of February. The World Cup events kicked off Saturday at the base of Blue Mountain on World Snow Day.[...]
The sky's the limit in the sport of splitboarding
Kyle Miller takes a break at the summit of Mount Shuksan during a recent trip. Kyle Miller snowboards down a mountain in the Cascades during his quest to snowboard the 10 highest peaks in Washington.
SSX's Online Pass Doesn't Sound Too Bad
In an age where online passes lock out online multiplayer and single-player content, EA Sports' upcoming snowboard title SSX does something different. According to an EA spokesperson, SSX will allow you to play and compete in both online game modes, Explore and Global Events without a pass. However, any credits you earn in Global Events will not be awarded to players without an Online Pass. The ...
Retailers pray: Let it snow
Balmy temps burn region's ski resorts, sellers of wintry gear.
SSX: How Not To Snowboard
Snowboarding lessons are expensive. Why bother when you could just play some SSX and learn from that? Well, as awesome and fun as the SSX games are, they are far from realistic. Let's take a look at a few lessons in SSX: How Not To Snowboard.
Bill Marolt remains focused on producing champion competitors
Bill Marolt, CEO of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association. DENVER — At the age of 68, you wouldn't think a CEO of a globally renowned sports organization would still think like a teenager.
Injury may sideline Solo in key game
THE UNITED STATES women's soccer team might have to play the game that determines whether it goes to the Olympics without starting goaltender Hope Solo.
