If you ask 10 snowboarders who invented the snowboard, you’ll get at least eleven answers, and a few of them will be delivered with the confidence of someone explaining gravity. That’s because ...

Snowboarding has been established as a big hit in the Olympics. Yet the sport that’s been incredibly influential in the evolution of snowboarding, as well as global youth culture in general, is still ...

Sixty years ago — long before snowboarding had entered the lexicon, much less the Olympics — Sherman Poppen had a goal: entertain his young daughters on Christmas Day. He went to his garage in ...

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — The absence of snowboarding at the Olympics may not have occurred without the influence of entrepreneur Jake Burton, who played a pivotal role in the sport's development.