It all started with the “Snurfer” — essentially, a toy for children invented in 1965. The board had no bindings; instead, the user steered the board by use of a rope attached to the front. With the ...

A type of snowboarding that involves racing through gates on groomed courses. Parallel giant slalom the only discipline within Alpine snowboarding that will be staged at the PyeongChang Olympics. A ...

A halfpipe, also known as a superpipe, is a U-shaped course with 22-foot walls. Riders traverse through the halfpipe, executing multiple tricks on both walls of the pipe. Halfpipe has been in the ...

An aerial photo taken with a drone on Dec. 11, 2019, shows Genting Snow Park in Chongli, north China's Hebei Province. Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images Part of the Zhangjiakou competition area, Genting ...

The boards used in freestyle events (halfpipe, slopestyle, big air) are short to allow for tricks, wide to increase balance, and flexible to allow the boarder to ride in either direction. The nose and ...

Part of the Zhangjiakou competition area, Genting Ski Park at Zhangjiakou Genting Snow Park is located in the Chongli district of Zhangjiakou, Hebei, about 100 miles northwest of Beijing's urban core ...