1 day ago · The fourth halfpipe event of the 2024/25 FIS Snowboard World Cup season is shaping up to be a showdown between the world’s best at the U.

Dec 27, 2024 · Snowboarding’s most-famed contest, the halfpipe, is performed in a half tube of snow. Halfpipes are approximately 11 to 22 feet (3.3 to 6.7 metres) high, with slopes between 16 and 18 degrees, which is enough of a pitch for snowboarders to maintain their momentum.

Dec 17, 2024 · In its simplest terms, halfpipe skiing and snowboarding are freestyle snowsports that see an athlete perform tricks on skis or a snowboard on a U-shaped course made of hard-packed snow.

Jan 16, 2025 · The most legendary competition in snowboarding is set to be even bigger this year as the Laax Open wraps up its 10th anniversary celebration this weekend with halfpipe finals under the lights of Crap Sogn Gion.

Sep 22, 2022 · The snowboarding halfpipe is one of the most famous elements of the snowboarding world, but approaching it can be daunting. Here’s a handy intro!

Mar 27, 2023 · Halfpipe is a freestyle snowboarding discipline that takes place in a large U-shaped halfpipe. The rider starts at one end of the halfpipe, performs a series of tricks as they ride up one side, and then comes back down the other side, performing more tricks as they go.

5 days ago · Chloe Kim won her seventh X Games Aspen women’s snowboard halfpipe title (and eighth title across all X Games sites), breaking her tie with Kelly Clark for the most in history. Kim, the two-time Olympic gold medalist, scored 93.33 points in her first of two final runs. It included the first double ...

Jan 18, 2025 · U.S. snowboarder Chloe Kim and Australia’s Scotty James each won big on the legendary Laax halfpipe in a high-scoring and history-making final under the lights on Switzerland’s Crap Sogn Gion mountain.

In its simplest terms, halfpipe skiing and snowboarding are freestyle snowsports that see an athlete perform tricks on skis or a snowboard on a U-shaped course made of hard-packed snow.

Feb 9, 2022 · ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Australian snowboarder Scotty James calls the process of perfecting his signature trick on the halfpipe akin to a right-handed person “trying to write a thesis with your left hand.”