Snowboarding

1/7/2026 |  Ready for a trip to the ‘park? Snowboarding set for its spotlight at the Winter Olympics (Associated Press (AP)) The origins of snowboarding go back to Christmas Day 1965 when an engineer named Sherman Poppen strapped two skis together to give his daughters something to do. He called it a “snurfer” and started selling them the next year. 

12/19/2025 |  Rockstar Energy Open Debuts at Breckenridge Resort (SportsTravel) The Rockstar Energy Open will present its first winter snowboard event at Breckenridge Ski Resort in Colorado, December 19–21, building on two successful summer skateboard competitions in Portland, Oregon. In launching the event, the oraganizers have announced 28 partners that will help deliver an immersive event of snowboard culture, competition, music and community.

10/15/2025 |  #YES Snowboards Transitions Ownership to Founders (SGB UPDATE) #YES Snowboards, established in 2008 in partnership with the Nidecker Group, will become a standalone company as it transitions to majority ownership of its co-founders, Romain De Marchi and JP Solberg.
The changeover is expected to take place in April 2026.
Co-founder David Carrier Porcheron (DCP) will continue to represent #YES as an ambassador.

3/21/2025 |  U.S. Ski and Snowboard secures historic partnership with apparel brand J. Crew (Gist Sports, The) Yesterday, U.S. Ski & Snowboard banked a three-year partnership with American apparel brand J.Crew, making it the governing body’s official lifestyle apparel partner. In J.Crew’s longest deal to date, the brand intends to amplify the connection between snow sports and their après ski lifestyle, especially as the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games roll around.

3/7/2025 |  Ryan Wedding, ex-Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug lord, added to FBI's 10 Most Wanted list with $10 million reward for arrest (Yahoo Sports) Former Canadian snowboarder Ryan Wedding was named to the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list on Friday with a $10 million reward announced for his arrest.
The 43-year-old Wedding is wanted for allegedly running a drug trafficking network that shipped hundreds of kilograms of cocaine "from Colombia, through Mexico and Southern California, to Canada and other locations in the United States, and for orchestrating multiple murders and an attempted murder in furtherance of these drug crimes," said the FBI in a press release.