It all started with the “Snurfer” — essentially, a toy for children invented in 1965. The board had no bindings; instead, the user steered the board by use of a rope attached to the front. With the ...

An aerial photo taken with a drone on Dec. 11, 2019, shows Genting Snow Park in Chongli, north China's Hebei Province. Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images Part of the Zhangjiakou competition area, Genting ...

The boards used in freestyle events (halfpipe, slopestyle, big air) are short to allow for tricks, wide to increase balance, and flexible to allow the boarder to ride in either direction. The nose and ...

Alpine snowboarding: A type of snowboarding that involves racing through gates on groomed courses. Parallel giant slalom is the only discipline within Alpine snowboarding that will be staged at the ...

There will be up to a total of 238 snowboarders – 119 male, 119 female – competing at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Each event has a maximum number of competitors that may participate. Big air and ...

As the weather begins to turn and cool temps blow in, we all begin to think about the winter ahead. Every year there continues to be an increased interest in backcountry skiing and snowboarding, and ...

Part of the Zhangjiakou competition area, Genting Ski Park at Zhangjiakou Genting Snow Park is located in the Chongli district of Zhangjiakou, Hebei, about 100 miles northwest of Beijing's urban core ...

The United States took home four Olympic snowboarding golds in men's and women's slopestyle and halfpipe, the first such occurrence by any one nation. In previous Games, the Americans had earned a ...