1st snowboard park opens using Star Wars themes
The wizened Yoda's "Do, or do not. There is no try" comes to mind with the opening this weekend of the Burton Star Wars Experience, the world's first snowboard park employing "Star Wars" themes and characters to teach...
Sochi 'Extreme' Park Ready for Snowboard, Freestyle Tests
Olympic constructors are putting the final touches to the Extreme snowboard park and freestyle center ahead of key test events next month. The facilities include a total of three kilometers of slopes equipped with jumps that cater for all aerial tricks and a 170-meter-long half-pipe.
X Games snowboard champ injured in Park City halfpipe
Defending X Games championsnowboarder Sarah Burke was injured while training in Park City early Tuesday afternoon and...
Snow+Rock-Showcasing the Best in Snowboard Developments
GUILDFORD, UNITED KINGDOM-- - Snow+Rock have announced new brands and models have been added to their current range of snowboards and feature products at the forefront of snowboard innovations and technical ...
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 [...]
Seven Springs Mountain Resort is giving off urban feel
The new ski and snowboard terrain park at Seven Springs Mountain Resort looks less like what you'd see at the Olympics.
Ski or snowboard? More do both
The culture clash between skiers and snowboarders seems to be abating as more winter enthusiasts divide their fun between the downhill sports.
New Urban Terrain Park Featured At Seven Springs
The world’s first – and only – urban terrain park is now open at Seven Springs.
Scene clips for Feb. 4
Park City Mountain Resort will host an Olympic Anniversary celebration at the base of First Time lift today, Saturday, Feb.
A primer on snowboard slopestyle
Slopestyle - men and women’s, ski and snowboard - becomes an Olympics event for the first time in Sochi, Russia
