Category: snowboarder

Snow Ski Etiquette: Manners Matter on the Slopes

Ski season will be here before you know it, so here are several suggestions on ways to ensure that you and yours have a great time carving up the powder. Take It Easy Be patient if the lift lines are long or the rental shop doesn’t have exactly what you want. Take a breath and…


Japan’s Yoshika to Return Home after Slopestyle Crash

ZHANGJIAKOU, China—Japanese snowboarder Rina Yoshika suffered a heavy fall in training on the slopestyle course at the Genting Snow Park on Thursday and will return home, a Team Japan spokesperson said in a statement. Yoshika crash-landed from one of the jumps during a practice run and lay motionless before a medical team rushed to help….


Two-Time Olympic Snowboarder Julie Pomagalski Dies in Avalanche

Two-time Olympic snowboarder Julie Pomagalski of France died in an avalanche in the Swiss Alps. She was 40. The French Ski Federation announced Pomagalski’s death on Wednesday. The organization said she died Tuesday. Media reports said police in Uri, Switzerland, were uncertain of why the avalanche occurred. “Suddenly there was an avalanche for reasons that…