Before multimillion-dollar corporations and factories spanning acres, there were unyielding makers and dim workshops. Production and design were guided by how a ski or snowboard felt cutting through ...

Ski season is coming fast - especially if you want to have the best skis or snowboards on earth, which require lead time and are something you should be thing about right now. If you ski with any ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michelle Bruton covers action sports and the Olympics and Paralympics. Most snowboarders would agree that the lure of the ...

Seth Wescott is one of the most accomplished riders in snowboarding history — a three-time U.S. National Champion, nine-time Winter X Games medalist, four-time World Championships medalist and ...

A more hands-on way to ski and snowboard has opened at Hoodoo Ski Area. Santiam SnoLab, open since November, allows skiers and riders to design and build their own skis or snowboards from scratch. The ...

ESSEX JUNCTION - When Queen City Steel delivered four, nine-foot-long, 400-pound blue steel I-beams to his front lawn in the spring of 2016, Max Holzman was ready for them. The driver delivering the ...

Mike Olson made his first snowboard at Sylvester Middle School in Burien as a project for his shop class. Back then -- 1977 -- the industry didn't really exist, he said. "I was trying to make projects ...

While no official rankings exist, Parlor is one of the most successful independent ski manufacturers in the East. The East Boston company has more than tripled its production and sales since it was ...

Brittan Ellingson inside his shop at Notice Custom Snowboards and Wakesurfers in Whitefish on Thursday, Dec. 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Brittan Ellingson drills holes for bindings on one of ...

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