Blogs Posts in Snowboarding category; 13 blog posts

Never too old to shred - snowboarding!

Never too old to shred - snowboarding More and more adult boarders are appearing on the slopes of Western ski resorts, joining the legions of brash young skate-and-surf types who have popularized snowboarding since its [...]

Posted On : Jul, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Top Field In Place For Junior World Snowboard Championships

With just over a month to go until the FIS Snowboard and Freestyle Junior World Championships kick off in Lake Wanaka, New Zealand, over 200 of the world's best elite junior athletes from the national teams of 16 countries have alrea [...]

Posted On : Jul, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Ski on July 4 Weekend. Seriously.

When most skiers think of slopes to try come July, Chile and Argentina come to mind. But this year, a couple of ski resorts that don’t require a passport are taking advantage of the buckets of snow that fell this winter to extend t [...]

Posted On : Jul, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

Ten feet of (still) fresh at Baker

Overhead snow banks peppered with gravel and dirt lined the sides of Mt. Baker Highway as I drove into the upper parking lot of the ski area. Looking up at Chair 1, I noticed that under the quiet lifts lies more than enough snow to [...]

Posted On : Jun, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

The Rise of Snow Boarding

Everyone has surely noticed the way that snow boarding has been rising and rising in terms of popularity in recent years, and I am sure that it is not just me that's noticed. In the last decade snow boarding has went from skateboardi [...]

Posted On : Jun, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Insoles for the shred set

Anyone that has spent any amount of time in snowboard boots knows the agony of da feet. We're hard on ours. Harder than most. Enter the insole. It's the easiest way to improve your life at altitude. And now Remind Insoles ar [...]

Posted On : May, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Snowboarding success: the British Junior Champion Jamie Ba...

Barrow, who’s studying sports performance at the University of Bath, began snowboarding at the age of eight, having started skiing as a toddler. “I tried snowboarding because I thought it was cooler and because my brother was [...]

Posted On : Mar, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Fisher finishes 7th in qualifiers at U.S. Snowboarding Grand...

This week's Westword cover boy Steve Fisher finished in 7th place in qualifiers at Copper Mountain today,just making the top eight cut for Finals tomorrow. That skin-of-his-teeth finish underscores how hard his Olympic quest is going to [...]

Posted On : Dec, 12 2009 | Comments : 0

The ski and snowboard world at your keyboard

Eldora Mountain Resort and the Boulder Convention and Visitors Bureau have teamed up to promote the Colorado city of Boulder as a winter destination. Not often thought of as a ski destination, Boulder offers nearly endless lodging availabil [...]

Posted On : Dec, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

Breckenridge celebrates 25 years of snowboarding

This season will be the 150th anniversary of the founding of the town of Breckenridge, Colorado, and will also mark 25 years of snowboarding at Breckenridge Ski Resort. The resort was one of the first to embrace snowboarding, and to host on [...]

Posted On : Oct, 09 2009 | Comments : 0

Skiers who try snowboarding & vice versa

For you long-time skiers what was your experience like when you tried snowboarding? Did you stick with it much? Who alternates regularly between both and why? Who normally boards and tried skiing? I've been skiing since the '60s. I tried s [...]

Posted On : Sep, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

Winter sports: NZ to host junior worlds in skiing, snowboard...

New Zealand will host next year's snowboard and freestyle skiing junior world championships by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The 14-day event in late August/early September 2010 is likely to attract "several hundred" at [...]

Posted On : Sep, 18 2009 | Comments : 0

Man dies in avalanche

A man died tonight after being caught in an avalanche while snowboarding on Coronet Peak, northeast of Queenstown. He was the second person to die in an avalanche in the South Island's mountains in just over a week. Searchers found the man [...]