LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — A backside double cork 1080! Followed by a cab triple cork 1440! Holy Crail, that was a sweet grab! The snowboarders and freestyle skiers will be speaking a language all their own as they “shred some gnar” (ride some gnarly conditions) at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

These are the criteria judges take into account to score halfpipe, slopestyle and big air snowboarding at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

Great Britain snowboarder Maisie Hill suffered life-threatening injuries after crashing into a wall of ice during a training session in 2023. Nearly three years on, she says she feels "blessed" as she prepares to be a part of Team GB competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

In Shaun White's early days riding snowboards, the sport was so new that his mom was still getting the hang of things after a lifetime of skiing. Among Cathy White's rules: If Shaun, his brother and sister wanted mom to accompany them down the mountain,

The three-time U.S. Paralympic gold medalist tells PEOPLE about discovering snowboarding after her amputation and how her mom helped her achieve her dream

When Mother Nature drops 11 inches of snow, some Pittsburghers break out the shovels. Others break out the snowboards.