Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Snowboard instructor Izzy Gura, left, watches as Register-Guard reporter Megan Banta begins to make her way down the hill during a ...

What: In honor of National Learn to Ski and Ride month, Ski and Ride U offers newbies a hassle-free way to give skiing or snowboarding a try. Cost: $199 Package includes: three ski or snowboard ...

Growing up in Iowa, I didn’t have many opportunities to try downhill skiing or snowboarding. (Though I did slide around on small Midwest hills on our yearly high school ski trips, where I saw my ...

When I first moved to Colorado, I tried skiing and snowboarding for the first time. After attempting the two sports, I realized they have major differences. Stopping on a snowboard was easier, but I ...

Michael Lecchino spends his weekends teaching snowboarding, guiding wobbly first-timers down the mountain. He says teaching beginners from the magic carpet rather than the summit has shifted his ...

Snowboarding is a notoriously challenging sport and pastime for beginners, causing many to give up after their first few tries. Fortunately, instructors like Yuriy Manuylov are working hard to train ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)– Many ski resorts opened for the season at the beginning of December. Since then, Adaptive sports groups around the Capital Region have started providing winter sports lessons at ...

"Don't be afraid to fall" is probably the best advice I got during a snowboarding lesson at Willamette Pass Resort. By the time I (finally) nailed a heel stop without ending up on my butt and was ...