Snowboarding

Big sacrifices are paying off in a huge way for 15-year-old Indian Head snowboarder Shannon Branthoover, who is competing in a national competition at Seven Springs Mountain Resort.   The Burton U.S. Open Snowboarding Qualifiers and U.S. Revolution...

“I’ve always seen the world differently so I built a camera to share images the way I see them in my mind…growing up I had severe dyslexia and it was always hard to communicate – when I found photography I found my voice.” &#...

Seven Springs Mountain Resort will host some of the country’s best amateur skiers and snowboarders at the Burton U.S. Open Snowboarding Qualifiers presented by MINI and U.S. Revolution Tour Feb. 1-7.   “As we get closer and closer to the...

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Winter X Games 2013 TV schedule on ESPN and ABC Jan. 24-27 includes 20 hours of live competition from Aspen/Snowmass, Colo. The Winter X Games return to Aspen/Snowmass, Colo., as more than 200 of the world’s premier winter action-sports athletes &#...

A cold storm is expected to hit Southern California Thursday, ushering in several days of sub-freezing temperatures and bringing snow levels as low as 2000 feet....

January is National Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month (who knew?) and to celebrate the occasion, the Las Vegas Ski & Snowboard Resort  is offering novices a deal. Visitors to Southern Nevada who prefer the slopes to the slots can find excellent ski...

Authorities believe snowboarders caused an avalanche at Squaw Valley Resort that injured two people Sunday morning, officials report. The avalanche was reported at around 9:50 a.m. on a section of the KT-22 peak. Officials say that three snowboarders...

A snowboarder was killed Monday morning after getting caught up in an avalanche at Donner Ski Ranch, the Nevada County Sheriff’s Department said. A friend of the snowboarder reported him missing around noon. Search and rescue teams from Nevada and.....

The wicked warm spell that bedeviled the region's ski areas last year has been broken. Snow guns, ably assisted by Wednesday's surprise storm, are turning the brownscape of late fall into the dazzling white of winter. "That storm gave us a big kick. We'...

Alyeska Resort officials said experts have been hired from around the world to repair a tram damaged on New Year's Eve. High winds caused the tram to crash into a support tower. Officials said was still out of operation as of Tuesday, January 8. In a...

It's the latest craze in skiing. Side-country skiing is taking skiers off the beaten path, and most major manufacturers are selling the lighter skiers to meet the demand, said Patrick Ross, shop manager at Ski Den Sports, 1231 Scalp Ave. in Richland...