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#snowboarding

Good morning! We're racing towards the finishing line now in Milan, stylish snow suit in one hand, espresso in the other. Nine golds hang glistening on the line to be claimed . The final snowboarding events swoosh onto our screens soon, with the men's and women's slopestyle; while out on the mountains, cowbells and exhaution in the cross-country team sprint skiing. Ice-hockey punctuates the day, with the men's quarter-finals expect the usual brutality: Slovakia v Germany, Canada v Czechia, Finland v Switzerland, and USA v Sweden.

Bo Horvat (14) of Team Canada celebrates his goal against Team Czechia with Drew Doughty (89) and Brad Marchand (63) during second period men's Olympic hockey action at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics on Thursday. Team Canada has seven medals heading into Day 7 after picking up three on Thursday. Canada's men's hockey team faces off against Switzerland today after shutting out Czechia 5-0 in their opening game.

At these Milan Cortina Games, that balance has clearly shifted, with Japan emerging as the world's deepest and most formidable snowboarding power, particularly on the men's side. In the early days of this Olympic competition, Japan has captured gold in both the men's and women's big air competitions, including Kokomo Murase's impressive victory Monday night. Japan now has three snowboarding medals in these Games, while the United States is still looking for its first podium visit at Livigno Snow Park.

There are few sports as evocatively named as the snowboard event known as Big Air. It's big. It's in the air. High, high in the air. On Saturday, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, Kira Kimura of Japan won the men's Big Air competition at the Livigno Snow Park in Valtellina, Italy. His best run was his third, a switch backside 1980 weddle five and a half full horizontal rotations.

While most are familiar with the world-class Mont Tremblant, the route there is dotted with independent resorts-each with a distinct vibe-that light up the Laurentians ( Les Laurentides ) like constellations against an ancient sky. These ranges offer something different than towering peaks: intimate terrain steeped in character. They tease the eye, spark the imagination, and possess a certain magic for producing champion skiers and snowboarders. Their ancient geology creates a singular landscape of rolling, forested hills and tight tree runs that feel worlds away from the mega-resorts.

especially on a powder day, but this skier absolutely took it too far causing the lift to stop in the process. Colorado snowboarder Trailer Tom (Thomas Miller), who specializes in hunting down first chairs, captured this absurd moment at Keystone Resort. According to his explanation, snowflakes had only just started to fall, so there wasn't much of a reason to rush for the chair. Yet this skier still tried to snake first chair, forcing the lifty to stop the lift.

Digital creator Richard Oldham bought 400 acres in the mountains of Utah and built an off-grid cabin to enjoy with family and friends. As an avid snowboarder, Oldham enjoys touring his property and discovering new features on his land. Last winter he was out for tour when he came upon rock outcropping that would have been perfect for jumps but it was overgrown with trees and inaccessible in its current state.

Jeremy Jones hops in the van with the L1 Premium Goods crew for the latest instalment of their Rolling With series. Along the way, he talks about his undying urge to get after it, no matter the setting. From sneaking in lunch-break laps at Woodward, to throwing spontaneous front boards on a Jersey barrier, and chopping it up with the younger generation about their own snowboarding journeys. Jeremy's passion for the sport runs deep - and it's always a joy to watch.

"Ask a child to draw a snowboarder, and there's a good chance they'd come up with something that looks a lot like Halldór Helgason. He's the archetypal shredder: baggy pants, oversized hoody, scruffy hair poking out the beanie, splashes of neon from head to toe. Tattoos and 'tache accompanied by a heavy soundtrack" (Rob McCreath, WL Issue 122) Halldór has defined what it means to be a snowboarder for almost two decades.

Ski patrol has a serious job to do, ensuring everyone stays safe on the mountain through terrain control, avalanche mitigation, and general safety checks. In general, most ski patrollers are hard working, great people who want to keep everything moving smoothly on the mountain, but you do, on rare occasions, encounter "power tripping" ski patrollers who seems to blow everything out of proportion.

This at first glance look like one of the social media influencer dance troops that film in public places with total disregard for inconvenience created for pedestrians just trying to get on with their day but it was actually an organized music video shoot to celebrate the Chinese New Year. The snowboarders were likely told to carve around the dancers and perhaps throw up a little spray to liven things up but an unrehearsed blind side collision ended up knocking them down like bowling pins.

At its core, the Freeride Academy is about learning - just not in a classroom sense. Instead, it brings world-class athletes, certified mountain guides and a bunch of properly motivated snowboarders together for four days of hands-on clinics, shared laps and off-mountain sessions, all built around real terrain, real conditions and real decisions. The Academy's programme covers snowboarding, splitboarding, avalanche safety and photography, with options for all experience levels.

A light behind the window is the latest short movie from man we need a camera. With a stylishly nostalgic use of different film formats, this flick takes us right back to sitting in front of the TV and endlessly rewatching the new snowboard VHS we were lucky enough to get for Christmas. The heat from the boxy CRT display firing up the stoke in our teenage hearts.

After spending the last few years navigating (successfully, so far) the Govy 500, the famed bumper car course of commuters slipping and sliding en route from Portland to Mt. Hood, and awkwardly pausing mid-conversation while driving past silent rock, it is not a stretch to say that the experience of riding at Mt. Hood Meadows starts well before you even step foot onto the slopes.

Having carved up damn near every piste in the Northern Hemisphere, the Korua crew head down under to bring their signature blend of alpine destruction to Australia. Yearning For Turning Vol.12 follows a path that, by now has been well laid out by the Korua crew. But thanks to the relatability of showcasing the joy of the turn (something we all know and love) along with the signature creativity Korua is known for we continue to get fired up with each new installment.

The first day of qualifiers went off with a bang, with Nora Beck hucking backflips off the purple pole-jam while Mae Morelli landed the first butter-pad-to-down-rail transfer - a line many would chase, some successfully, others with heavy slams... This year's course ditched the hip feature at the bottom. A shame - we'd love to see it return, as it previously gave riders like Annika Morgan and Emma Crosby space to showcase style in the air as well as on steel.

Cracking open our breakfast Easter eggs and discovering they were full of mini-eggs is about as surprising as opening a birthday card from your Grandma and pretending you didn't see the cash inside while you read her best wishes. No, you knew the little sugar coated chocolate goodies were there, you just needed to put up the false air of surprise to comfortably indulge in a chocolatey desert to follow your chocolate breakfast.