Familiar faces were on the podium after the women’s halfpipe finals at the United States Open Snowboarding Championships here Saturday.
The winner, Torah Bright, a 22-year-old from Australia; and the second-place finisher, Kelly Clark, became the only two women to win three halfpipe titles at the United States Open, the longest-running competition in snowboarding at 27 years. …Â Details
One day after Spring began, rainy and snowy weather is expected to return today to Northern California in the form of a cold storm system that originated in the Gulf of Alaska.
“We are looking at the system to dig down the coast and move through Northern California – the center of it will go right over the top of us,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Angus Barkhuff. “We can have pretty much have anything this time of year.”
Stormy weather is expected to …Â Details
In a sport known for individuality, top professional snowboarders can at least agree on their outrage about a skiing sanctioning body overseeing Olympic qualifying for their sport.
“F.I.S. puts on some of the worst snowboarding events ever,†Mason Aguirre said last week about the International Skiing Federation, known by its French initials.
Kevin Pearce said it was unfortunate “that a ski-driven group is in charge of snowboarding.â€
Travis Rice went so far as to say…Â Details