Who has qualified for snowboarding at the 2026 Winter Olympics for Team USA? Find out the athletes and other information about the Olympic event.

Women’s halfpipe made its debut at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Unlike at recent Winter Games, athletes were not judged on amplitude. The halfpipe measured half the size of the 22-foot halfpipe walls that became standard starting at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Australian snowboarder Scotty James calls the process of perfecting his signature trick on the halfpipe akin to a right-handed person “trying to write a thesis with your left hand.” Impossible? No. Extremely difficult? Yes. Stream Connecticut News for ...

The origins of snowboarding go back to Christmas Day 1965 when an engineer named Sherman Poppen strapped two skis together to give his daughters something to do. He called it a “snurfer” and started selling them the next year.

Feb. 27—BLOODY DRACULA. The Suitcase. Chicken Salad. Gnar. Snowboarding's aerial maneuvers may grab you and not let go. The sport is one of the most freedom-seeking and boundary-testing activities on snow. Kids and grownups alike think it looks cool.