California-based Signal Snowboards recently fulfilled the dreams of board sports enthusiasts everywhere in its "Every Third Thursday" Web series by building a hybrid board capable of surfing both ...

U.S. Ski & Snowboard is still interested in creating a multi-discipline action sports governing body, despite dropping its attempt to fill the role for surfing late last year. In an unprecedented move ...

The biggest issue snowboarding has always faced is that the IOC gave control of the sport to the International Ski Federation (FIS), which, understandably, led to major tensions. “Why should the Ski ...

This new surfboard design features variable rocker, which founder Brenton Woo thinks could be a game-changer over rigid surfboards with a fixed rocker. Picture this: It’s 2020, the first time surfing ...

Featured speaker Paul Graves was at the center of it all. In 1982 he organized the National Snow Surfing Championships at Saskadena Six (then known as Suicide Six), opened Vermont’s first snowboard ...

After a tragic accident left him paralyzed, Chris Waker worked his way back into the water and onto the podium at the U.S. Open of Adaptive Surfing.

With the clock ticking down for the LA2028 surf contest taking place just south of San Clemente in three years, two organizations are lobbying to govern the surf athletes and benefit from the sport’s ...

Decades ago, snowboarding was born from a desire to surf on snow. Early pioneers sought to carve the contours of mountains like the faces of frozen waves. Undeniably, snowboarding has come into its ...

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Thursday, March 30. I’m Ryan Fonseca, back from what was far and away the most fun and most grueling reporting assignment of my ...

Snowboarders endure a lot of issues when compared to their skiing counterparts – these include twisting and contorting their ankles to fit on footrests designed for skiers, wearing useless leashes ...