(Reuters) -Norwegian snowboarder Oyvind Kirkhus made history over the last week at Switzerland's Swatch Nines by landing the world's first switch backside quad 1620, a gravity-defying manoeuvre that ...

For the uninitiated, Kirkhus helpfully translated the snowboarding jargon: "I'm going into the jump switch, my unnatural direction, and spinning backside. And then I do four flips in the air and ...

Italian snowboarder Michela Moioli finally earned an elusive world championship gold medal despite finishing the race on her back on Friday. Moioli and Charlotte Bankes fell at the line in a photo ...

The most recent event, Snowboard Big Air, took place on March 28th, where the best big air boarders took to the slopes and the air. The Japanese competitors stunned the spectators with spectacular ...

The event is taking place in Engadin, Switzerland and sees the world's best athletes compete in slopestyle, halfpipe, big air, ski and snowboard cross, parallel giant slalom, aerials, and moguls.

After making sure the snowboarder was able to breath, Zuber began assembling a shovel to dig him out fully. Tire Pops Off Truck, Causing Car to Soar into the Air Along Calif. Freeway: See the ...

BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website & app Snowboard Half Pipe Men's Finals - 10:25 GMT - Red Button, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website & app Freeski Big Air Finals - 18:25 GMT - BBC Sport website ...

Ollie Martin, a 16-year-old snowboarder from Colorado, capped a breakout season by winning two medals at the World Championships in Switzerland. Martin followed a bronze in slopestyle last week by ...

Getty Images A 16-year-old snowboarder was hospitalized after falling ... on to the chairlift and appeared to fall a few feet in the air before hitting the net and then the ground.