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Canada's Maelle Ricker took second place on Friday in a World Cup snowboard event, to wrap up the Crystal Globe in women's snowboard cross.

First-time Winter X gold medalist, Kaitlyn Farrington. Had you asked any finalist in Thursday's Women's SuperPipe field what it was going to take to beat Torah Bright at the beginning of this evening's competition, you may have heard some similar sentiments: "It's impossible, unfortunately.

How far can you glide on your snowboard on the flats these days£ How easy is it to skate in the lift line£ Is the bottom of your snowboard looking really white£ If your snowboard is exhibiting these symptoms, it might just be time for a wax job.

Men's Snowboard Slopestyle Eliminations "No pressure, gold medalist from Aspen!" Mathieu Crepel called out to reigning Winter X slope champion Eero Ettala as the Finn prepared for his first run of slopestyle eliminations at Winter X Games Europe.

Finishing second at Winter Games:. Orangeville native Taylor Dee finished second in the mena s parallel giant slalom at the 2010 Ontario Winter Games in Coldwater, Ont.

Whether you are shopping for a new snowboard online or in your local snowboard shop, choosing the perfect snowboard can appear to be a complicated process.

When Sport Canada pulled a $18,000 stipend from Chinese-Canadian snowboarder Alexa Loo because she had not shown sufficient improvement, a Chinese-Canadian-owned grocery chain raised funds to enable her to compete in the parallel giant slalom at this year's Olympic Winter Games.

MINNEAPOLIS Target is poised to gain from snowboarder Shaun White's success at the 2010 Winter Olympics, as the retailer announced the launch of an exclusive new line of shoes from White, which will debut nationwide in early fall 2010.

In less than two weeks, the 28th annual U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships will once again host thousands of fans and many of the world's top snowboarders for a weekend of slopestyle, rail jam and halfpipe competitions.

"I GET really nervous when I'm waiting my turn to go but once I drop off the top and the adrenaline kicks in, I'm fine," says Brighouse schoolgirl Katie Ormerod, the 12-year-old sporting sensation who is proving there are 'snow limits' to her talents.

ESPN Action Sports brings you to Tignes in the French Alps, where competitors such as Travis Rice and TJ Schiller are starting to arrive for the first ever Winter X Games Europe.

Local hero Steve Fisher's been a busy dude since we last caught up with him for our Westword cover story at the beginning of the US Snowboarding Grand Prix series: That double cork got him in the end after all, and he missed another chance at the Olympics, but he held his own on the Winter Dew Tour and finished in second place behind JJ Thomas in ...

The Olympics is inspiring plenty of people to strap on those skis, skates or snowboards to give it a try.

As news of the devastating earthquake that levelled Chile and the resulting tidal wave warnings for the Pacific coastline briefly stole the Olympic show on Feb.

Photo by Jason McKibben Olympic snowboard cross champion Seth Wescott signs a photograph Saturday afternoon as he made his first official appearance at Sugarloaf.

The Vancouver Winter Olympics have come and gone, but we'll long remember the inspiring physical performances of the best athletes in the world.

Overview First introduced in 1998, snowboarding has evolved from two to the three events for both men and women.

Aaron March of Italy has won a parallel slalom for his first World Cup win, while Doris Guenther led an Austrian sweep in the women's event.

Wescott is big news in these parts and Sugarloaf management expects big crowds for Wescott's homecoming.

The 2010 Winter Olympics were struck by tragedy before Vancouver had even raised the curtain, when a 21-year-old luge athlete from the Republic of Georgia was killed in training on the now notoriously fast sliding track.