Park City, UT – After five years as the head slopestyle coach for the U.S. Snowboarding team, Bill Enos is set to retire from his coaching role. Enos led the slopestyle team to numerous World Cup wins, X Games medals and most notably coached Sage Kotsenburg and Jamie Anderson on their way to making history at … Continue reading U.S. Snowboarding Coach Bill Enos Retires
Québec City (QC), Canada – After 16 years as a stop on the FIS Snowboard World Cup, Québec’s annual Jamboree is undergoing a makeover this winter.The organizers of the event have decided to focus on the urban appeal of the sport by hosting the entire event in downtown Québec. Running from February 12 to 14, 2016 at Québec City’s Îlot Fleurie, … Continue reading Quebec’s Snowboard World Cup Jamboree Goes Urban
Boston, MA – The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA), along with Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Fenway Sports Management (FSM), today announced that Red Sox baseball’s Fenway Park will host a big air snowboarding and freeskiing U.S. Grand Prix tour event on February 11-12, 2016. The Big Air at Fenway will feature a 140-foot … Continue reading Ski and Snowboard Big Air Coming to Fenway
Lausanne, Switzerland – A professional snowboarder from Colorado is charting new territory – not in his sport, but in a Swiss courtroom. Justin Reiter, of Steamboat Springs, is moving forward with a lawsuit against the International Olympic Committee for dropping parallel snowboarding from the 2018 Winter Games in South Korea. The parallel events of slalom … Continue reading Snowboarder Sues Olympic Committee Over Canceled Event
Wrightwood, CA – Temperatures only recently hit triple digits in Southern California, but there is a 100 percent chance of snow on Oct. 3 in Wrightwood. More than 60 tons of snow will be trucked into town for Mountain High Resort’s annual 2015 Buck Off Rail Jam. The free festival runs from 1 to 5 p.m. and is open to … Continue reading Mountain High to Host Annual Buck Off Rail Jam on Oct. 3
Kreischberg, Austria – Olympian Ryan Stassel of Anchorage dominated the slopestyle field to take home his first ever FIS World Championship title in Kreischberg on Wednesday, while teammate Kyle Mack, of West Bloomfield, Mich., earned bronze. The two were separated by 2013 World Champion Roppe Tonterri of Finland, who took the silver. In a three run best-of format, … Continue reading Alaska’s Ryan Stassel Wins World Championships Slopestyle Title
Salt Lake City, UT – Snowboarder Kaitlyn Farrington, who a year ago brought home the gold medal in halfpipe from the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, has been forced to retire from competitive riding by a congenital back condition. Originally from Bellevue, Idaho and now a resident of Salt Lake City, Farrington announced her retirement last … Continue reading Olympic Halfpipe Gold Medalist Kaitlyn Farrington Forced to Retire
