Snowboarder

The final race of the men's World Cup snowboard cross season came down to another photo finish and it was Canada's Éliot Grondin who took bronze. Grondin of Sainte-Marie, Que., crossed the line just behind Germany's Martin Noerl, who won…

Tyler Turner is speaking via Zoom from an Airbnb in La Molina, Spain, showing off a prosthetic snowboard foot and describing what it's like to defy the odds yet again to capture a second straight world title in para snowboard cross, despite…

Snowboarder Oliver Murphy has just two simple goals at the Canada Winter Games this week."I just want to try to avoid getting injured … and just have fun," he said.That will mean trying not to wipe out when he races down the hill at…

Snowboarder Arnaud Gaudet of Montcalm, Que., picked up his first individual medal at the senior level, claiming bronze in men's parallel slalom small final on Tuesday at the world championships in Bakuriani, Georgia.The 22-year-old took the…

Canadian snowboarder Darcy Sharpe won men's World Cup slopestyle gold Sunday in Calgary.The 27-year-old from Comox, B.C., posted a winning score of 88.85 points in the second of his three runs. Sharpe's victory was the first of his career…

Canada's Elizabeth Hosking claimed silver in the women's World Cup snowboard halfpipe on Friday in Calgary.The 21-year-old from Longueuil, Que., had a top score of 86 points.Japan's Mitsuki Ono stood atop the podium with 89.75.…

Brooke D'Hondt has dropped into Calgary's halfpipe a 10-minute drive from home more times than she can count, but the snowboarder will compete in her first World Cup there starting Thursday.The youngest member of Canada's 2022 Olympic team…

Sebastien Toutant loves expressing himself on his snowboard, finding new ways to perform tricks on slopestyle and big air courses around the world. But after the Beijing Olympics in February, he resolved to take at least a year off from…

Mark McMorris will celebrate his 29th birthday this weekend. But, in snowboarding terms, he’s an old man. Eli Bouchard is just 14 years old, and McMorris is one of his idols.At this weekend’s FIS Snowboard World Cup Big Air event at…

Priyanka Chopra, who was born and brought up in India, recently revealed how she was not exposed to the ski culture growing up while her husband Nick Jonas is an avid snowboarder. Talking to a news portal, Priyanka said that her dad took…