Tony Hawk and Mark McMorris Help Open A Canadian Skatepark
The first board Mark McMorris ever stepped foot on was a skateboard. Growing up in Regina, Saskatchewan, there was plenty of snow, but not the biggest mountains. So when the snow would melt and the...
View ArticleRed Gerard Makes Surprise Cameo On Top Chef
The 2026 Winter Olympic Games are quickly approaching which can only mean one thing: we're about to see snowboarders doing the most random stuff off snow.It looks like Red Gerard making an appearance...
View ArticleArapahoe Basin Extends Season For One More Weekend
Arapahoe Basin was supposed to have its closing day on June 8, 2025. The water at Lake Reveal has already started to become visible, and was expected to grow quickly. That closing day has been pushed...
View ArticleInternet Roundup: Chloe Kim Talks Pokémon
Happy June, everyone. Arapahoe Basin, Mammoth Mountain, Beartooth Basin and Timberline Lodge are officially the only resorts still open for riding. The season has been over for a while now for many,...
View ArticleNo One Has More Fun On a Snowboard Than Patrick Hofmann
It’s the second day of the 2025 Winter X Games, and 23-year-old Patrick Hofmann is about to make his debut in the fan favorite Knuckle Huck contest.“Letting the hoof breathe right here, only one foot...
View ArticleThe Snow League Adds Eileen Gu As A Global Brand Ambassador
Eileen Gu has joined The Snow League.The newest professional snowboarding league was started by halfpipe legend Shaun White. It made its debut March 7 and 8, 2025, and saw Japanese riders Sena Tomita...
View ArticleMaddie Mastro Sidelined 6-8 Weeks
As summer settles in and the Fourth of July gets closer, thousands of Americans will likely be out of office. Count Maddie Mastro among them.The two-time Olympian and four-time X Games medalist will be...
View ArticleCasey Willax To Host Camp at Big Snow American Dream
Adults can go to summer camp, too.Big Snow American Dream, New Jersey has linked up with Casey Willax to host a two-day terrain park camp at the only indoor ski slopes in North America. There will be...
View ArticleWhich Snowboarders Would Make Up the Best Hockey Team? I Asked Four Pros
The link between hockey and snowboarding has always been there. They’re obviously both winter sports. They have similar fanbases. A hockey game is on at nearly every mountain-town bar I’ve ever been to...
View ArticleNew Hampshire Ski Areas Report Bump In Visitors For the 2024-2025 Season
The East Coast had a great winter. While rising temperatures, random spurts of rainfall, and a lack of natural snowfall has plagued the “ice coast” in recent years, a mid-winter change of heart for...
View ArticleNew Bike Park "Unlike Anything Else" Coming to North Carolina Ski Resort
The newest ski area in North Carolina is now getting a mountain bike park. The announcement is the latest step in transforming an aging ski area into a luxury, year-round resort just 35 minutes outside...
View ArticlePat Burgener Will Now Ride For Brazil
Vamos Brasil.Two-time Olympic halfpipe rider Pat Burgener will now ride for his mother’s home country in international competition. Burgener had previously rode for Switzerland, the country in which he...
View ArticleFIS Announces Three Contests To Be Held In Colorado In 2025-2026
The 2025-2026 FIS contest season will be a big one for the members of the U.S. snowboard team, as riders bid for a qualifying spot at the Olympics. All three stateside contests will be held in...
View ArticleScotty James Is Getting His Own Documentary
Scotty James is getting a documentary.The Australian halfpipe rider made history at the 2025 X Games when he took home a gold medal in the men’s superpipe. He stomped the first triple cork 1440 in...
View ArticleHere's How You Can Get A Free Indy Pass
Snowboarders are always trying to figure out a way to get a free season pass. The folks over at Indy have a solution for you.All you have to do is brave the department of motor vehicles.In a social...
View ArticleCopper Mountain’s Hike Park Is Now Open
One of the few places left to slide on snow outdoors is now open.Woodward Copper's on-mountain glacier holds enough snow to build a four acre terrain park. That park features jumps, rails, jibs, and a...
View ArticleVermont's Snowiest Resort Is Hosting a Summer Rail Jam This Weekend
Ski areas in Vermont have been closed for weeks, but snowboarding will go down at Jay Peak this weekend.The second Solstice Sessions will take place on Saturday, June 21, 2025. It's a mashup of music,...
View ArticleSnowfall Dusts Whitefish, Palisades, and More Resorts
You thought it was mountain biking season, didn't you?A winter storm system moved through California, Utah, Montana, Colorado, and more this past weekend. Palisades Tahoe, CA looked like it does at the...
View ArticleThe First Interview With Snowboarding's Biggest Troll
It’s a Wednesday in the beginning of April, and I’m waiting for a call from what I am almost certain is a burner phone. I’ve just spent the entire winter trying to get the person who runs the Instagram...
View ArticleA-Basin COO Thanks Patrons In Heartfelt Letter
The vibe and spirits were high.That's what Arapahoe Basin's Chief Operating Officer Alan Henceroth said in a thank you letter he wrote on his blog, last week. The letter came just a couple of weeks...
View ArticleX Games Turning AI Judge Platform Into Its Own Business
The X Games are back for the weekend between June 27-29, 2025 in Salt Lake City. The best skateboarders, BMX, and motocross riders will compete in Utah for gold. Just ahead of those events, however,...
View ArticleSnowboarder Noah Elliott Nominated for An ESPY Award
The 2024-2025 season was not an Olympic year, which means snowboarding was not in the mainstream spotlight. Despite that, United States snowboarder Noah Elliott has been nominated for an ESPY.ESPN...
View ArticleRemembering Dillon Ojo Seven Years Later
On June 29, 2018, Dillon Ojo died in an accident at the age of 22. His mark on the snowboarding community, however, still lives on.An obituary found online is short and to the point. It reads:Dillon...
View ArticleMark McMorris, Laurie Blouin Among Canadian National Team Snowboarders
With seven months left until the start of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Italy, Canada has announced a roster of more than 40 snowboarders that will compete across five disciplines.These riders will...
View ArticleTimberline Plans to Stay Open Into August
The only American mountain still open for riding plans to stay open into August. Timberline Lodge’s director of marketing and public affairs John Burton said in an interview with POWDER that the...
View ArticleNitro Snowboards Collaborates With Italian Bike Company On 2025-2026 Drop
It’s bike season. The team at Nitro Snowboards is taking advantage of that.Nitro has teamed up with Italian-based cycling brand Cinelli for a unique collaboration. The partnership was teased out on...
View ArticleThese Five Local Snowboard Shops Have a Massive Summer Sale Right Now
It’s early July. For the fortunate, that doesn’t mean much. That group of people was likely able to ride their snowboard into May and maybe even June at places like Mammoth, Palisades Tahoe, and...
View ArticleKimmy Fasani and Chris Benchetler Lead Fourth of July Parade
Landing a double backflip in the backcountry is old news for Kimmy Fasani. Serving as the Grand Marshal for a Fourth of July parade, though? That’s a new honor.Fasani and her husband, Chris Benchtler,...
View ArticleFive Pairs Of Sunglasses You Can Wear At the Trailhead and Year-Round
You probably won't need your goggles until at least Thanksgiving, and that's OK. A good pair of sunglasses doesn't stop being useful at the end of a day at the mountain, and they should last you all...
View ArticleAnna Gasser Suffers Injury From "Freak" Surfing Accident
In March 2025, Anna Gasser told Olympics.com that she planned to retire from contests after the end of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Italy. With the games being so close to her home country of...
View ArticleA Popular Colorado Ski Resort Is Being Purchased by the Local Town
Eldora Mountain Resort, Colorado has found a new owner.The town of Nederland announced that it signed a letter of intent to purchase the beloved Colorado resort from its current owner, POWDR Corp. Town...
View ArticleRemember The Limp Bizkit Limited Edition Snowboard?
Nitro Snowboards has never been the kind of company to shy away from a collaboration. The brand will stay true to that mantra in the fall of 2025, when it drops its latest joint effort. This time, it’s...
View ArticleIndoor Ski Resort To Stay Open Until 1 a.m. for One Night in July
There usually aren’t that many places you can ride a snowboard as the clock strikes midnight, but for one day this summer, Big Snow American Dream is open late.The indoor snow dome located inside a New...
View ArticleOhio's Louie Vito Seeks Olympic Bid With Italy
There’s no dodging this question: Louie Vito is officially seeking a spot at his third Olympics.Diehard fans of competition snowboarding probably made that assumption, but the news became official when...
View Article4 Pieces of Outdoor Gear You Can Use All Year Long
Outdoor gear is more dialed in than it’s ever been before. That’s mostly a good thing.Sometimes, though, that leads us to overbuy. Activity-specific gear is everywhere. We now can differentiate...
View ArticleZeb Powell Joined Michael Jordan In Greece
Welcome to the family, Zeb Powell.The Jordan Brand celebrated its 40th birthday by holding a Board of Greatness meeting in Greece, where a select group of athletes and entertainers celebrated the...
View ArticleOlympian Lindsey Jacobellis Is a Mom
The most dominant snowboard cross riders in U.S. Olympic history is now a girl mom. Lindsey Jacobellis revealed the news in an Instagram post on July 15, 2025.“Baby girl is here!” the post said. “So...
View ArticleU.S. Snowboarding's Noah Elliott Wins An ESPY Award
Noah Elliott is a 2025 ESPY Award winner. The Paralympic snowboarder won the ESPY for “Best Athlete With A Disability” on Wednesday in Los Angeles, California. The award show, hosted by ESPN, honors...
View ArticleSay Goodbye, For Now, To New Hampshire's Iconic Ski Lift Landmark
The most iconic sight in New Hampshire’s White Mountains National Forest since the Old Man in the Mountain, will be retired this fall. The Cannon Mountain tram will be retired after 45 years of...
View ArticleOzzy Osbourne Left His Fingerprints All Over Snowboarding
The music of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath has been the soundtrack for some of my most memorable snowboarding trips. Whether it’s been by blasting War Pigs before dropping into one of the South Bowls...
View ArticleHannah Teter To Be Inducted To Vermont Hall of Fame
Hannah Teter is the owner of some top-tier accolades. Olympic gold medalist. World Championship Snowboarder. New Englander. Maple Syrup philanthropist.You can now add Vermont Ski and Snowboard Hall of...
View ArticleShaun White Reveals Which Gold Medal Is His Favorite
Picking your favorite child? Near impossible. Ask any athlete who is fortunate enough to own multiple championship wins, and oftentimes, you’ll get the same response. Not Shaun White though. His...
View ArticleChloe Kim Breaks Down Her Halfpipe Slams In Latest Post
If you’re Chloe Kim’s mom, don’t read this. As the Olympian was scrolling through her camera roll, she kept coming across some videos of herself taking massive slams in the halfpipe over the years....
View ArticleThe Snow League Releases In-Depth Data From First Contest
Old heads and traditionalists, please cover your eyes.The Snow League has released a slew of data that’s come out of the first event in Aspen, Colorado for the inaugural season. The data breaks down...
View ArticleHere's Every Snowboard I Rode This Season
I’m a little bit of a snowboard gear nerd. Not as much as that one guy you know, but I love riding different snowboards throughout the season. I’ve come a long way from having just my Nitro Team in the...
View Article$1.5 Million In Upgrades Will Improve Snowmaking At Arizona Snowbowl
There are some upgrades coming to the Snowbowl this season. Arizona Snowbowl just announced that it will put $1.5 million into upgraded snowmaking, improved rentals, and better terrain. Theses are just...
View ArticleBoise's Beloved Board Shop To Close Doors After Unexpected Decision by Landlord
The only board-specific shop in Boise, Idaho will shut its doors this fall. The BoardRoom has been a staple of the community since it opened in 1995. The owners were left with no choice but to shut...
View ArticleShaun White To Appear On HGTV Show
Shaun White has teamed up with some pretty iconic riders in his Team USA days, from Danny Kass to Scotty Lago to Toby Miller. On July 30, 2025, however, the country will watch him team up with a duo...
View ArticleVans Rewards Mia Brookes With Pro Model Boot
Mia Brookes is getting her own boot.The 18-year-old phenom from the UK has been lighting the contest world on fire as of late. She competed in four different disciplines – big air, slopestyle, street...
View ArticleWhy Chloe Kim Played Pokémon During the Weather Delay of Her World Championship
At the end of March, Chloe Kim won the 2025 FIS Halfpipe World Championship. She beat out Japanese riders Sara Shimizu and Mitsuki Ono via a switch double cork 1080 and two 900s on her way to a 93.50....
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