Mark Clavin News Today

North Carolina's snowboarding scene is getting attention and has inspired another generation of riders. But the tradition has been there all along, even if the rest of the world didn't know it.

The snowboarding world is mourning accomplished freestyler Marko Grilc, who died in an accident while filming in Austria this week. The 38-year-old, nicknamed "Grilo,"...

A rider airs it out during the snowboard big air qualifier at the world championships on Sunday, March 14, 2021, at Buttermilk Ski Area in Aspen. Photo by Tamara Susa/Aspen Skiing Co. Mark McMorris bounced back from his slopestyle shortcomings to make big air finals, while Anna Gasser led a strong contingent of women in Sunday’s qualifying ahead of the final events of the world championships at Buttermilk Ski Area in Aspen. McMorris, the Canadian superstar and Winter X Games medals record hol...

California’s Chloe Kim celebrates after winning gold at the world championships on Saturday, March 13, 2021, at Buttermilk Ski Area in Aspen. Photo by Mark Clavin/U.S. Ski & Snowboard. Even Chloe Kim is capable of a bad run from time to time. Hoping to finish with a bang Saturday, she came out sloppy on her third and final trip through the halfpipe and had to admit defeat a couple of hits in, easily the most disappointing run of her weekend. It was just a victory lap, so not like it was the e...

Summit locals Blackwell, Gold finish 6th, 8th Japan’s Yuto Totsuka celebrates after winning the men’s halfpipe snowboarding final at the world championships on Saturday, March 13, 2021, at Buttermilk Ski Area in Aspen. Photo by Mark Clavin / US Ski & Snowboard ASPEN — Like every contest since Shaun White’s Olympic win in 2018, the men’s snowboard halfpipe world championship came down to Japan’s Yuto Totsuka and Australia’s Scotty James. Everyone else is essentially riding for bron...

The 17-year-old from California, who represents her mother’s homeland of China in competition, is collecting gold medals at an unprecedented rate, including another one Saturday in the women’s freeski slopestyle final at the world championships in Aspen.