Dec 8th, 2008 · Burton Snowboards is under fire for featuring photographs of semi-naked women on one new line of boards. The company has also put cartoon graphics of self-mutilation on another line. Children's advocacy groups and parents are calling for a boycott.
Apr 2nd, 2008 · BMX cycling comes hurtling into the Olympic summer games in Beijing as a brand new event. Organizers hope it will attract interest from younger fans, the same way snowboarding did for the winter games.
Jan 3rd, 2008 · Snowboarders are welcome on most ski slopes in America, but there are a few holdouts. One snowboard company is launching a new campaign for complete equality.
Mar 11th, 2006 · Echo Park, in Evergreen, Colo., is the nation's first resort built from scratch to be a 100-percent snowboarding park. With music blaring, it's full of jumps, rails, and half-pipes designed to get big air.
Feb 26th, 2006 · The Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, end Sunday in a ceremony featuring an Italian carnival theme. The event brought to a close 16 days of winter sports competition -- and all the drama and controversy, from feuding speed skaters to hotdogging snowboarders.
Feb 24th, 2006 · Commentator Betsy Shaw Mackenzie competed in snowboarding in the 1998 Nagano Olympics, and is watching the Turin Games at home in Vermont with two young daughters who know her only as 'Mom.'
Feb 23rd, 2006 · Studies show that winter sports can be particularly dangerous for the occasional participants. Injuries and fractures are high among skiers and snowboarders who visit the slopes only a few times a year.
Feb 17th, 2006 · Lindsay Jacobellis settles for a silver medal in snowboard cross after falling during an apparent showoff move at the end of the race. It appeared that Jacobellis had a lock on the gold medal until she grabbed her board in a celebratory move and tumbled, falling behind Switzerland's Tanja Frieden.