Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Snowboard instructor Izzy Gura, left, watches as Register-Guard reporter Megan Banta begins to make her way down the hill during a ...

Growing up in Iowa, I didn’t have many opportunities to try downhill skiing or snowboarding. (Though I did slide around on small Midwest hills on our yearly high school ski trips, where I saw my ...

Michael Lecchino spends his weekends teaching snowboarding, guiding wobbly first-timers down the mountain. He says teaching beginners from the magic carpet rather than the summit has shifted his ...

The idea of snowboarding started in 1968, when Sherman Poppen nailed two skis together. Today, it is an Olympic sport.

"Don't be afraid to fall" is probably the best advice I got during a snowboarding lesson at Willamette Pass Resort. By the time I (finally) nailed a heel stop without ending up on my butt and was ...

When I first moved to Colorado, I tried skiing and snowboarding for the first time. After attempting the two sports, I realized they have major differences. Stopping on a snowboard was easier, but I ...

Snowboarding is a notoriously challenging sport and pastime for beginners, causing many to give up after their first few tries. Fortunately, instructors like Yuriy Manuylov are working hard to train ...