Parallel giant slalom boards are stuff and narrow, making them ideal for maneuvering through gates at high speeds. They are generally longer than a normal snowboard and feature a square back and low ...

Alpine snowboarding: A type of snowboarding that involves racing through gates on ... PGS: An abbreviation for parallel giant slalom, an event which has been on the Olympic program since 2002. (A ...

Pomagalski, a medalist at the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics and a gold medalist at the 1999 FIS Snowboarding World Championships, is remembered for her remarkable career. Another fan shared ...

This report from BBC Sport Online's Anna Thompson : Snowboarding is the only snow sport at the Winter Olympics that does not differentiate between men and women. Her coach John Clark told BBC ...

In 1998 Gian Simmen, then a relative unknown even in snowboarding circles, collected the first-ever half-pipe Olympic ... becoming half-pipe world champion in 2001 and picking up bronze at the 2002 ...

As the Olympic Games really get rolling, find out the stories behind how snowboarding ... Sonja Henie on the ice at Chamonix during the Winter Olympics. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images ...

Rising star Yang Wenlong targeted a place in the China squad for the Winter Olympics next year after his first FIS Snowboard Big Air World Cup triumph on Saturday. Yang finished just ahead of ...