When I first moved to Colorado, I tried skiing and snowboarding for the first time. After attempting the two sports, I realized they have major differences. Stopping on a snowboard was easier, but I ...

Big air is a discipline in Olympic snowboarding in which athletes launch off a 140-foot ramp and, while airborne, perform a creative trick before attempting to land cleanly. Riders perform three ...

Bea Kim grabbed an early advantage in the battle for U.S. Olympic team spots in snowboard halfpipe, placing 3rd behind South Korea’s Gaon Choi and Japan’s Sena Tomita at the U.S. Grand Prix at Copper ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michelle Bruton covers action sports and the Olympics and Paralympics. Halfpipe has been an Olympic snowboard discipline since ...