snowboarding

• Maryland

Snowboarding: Blizzard making name for herself on slopes

Francis Scott Key junior Kaitlyn Blizzard is making a name for herself in competitive alpine snowboarding.

• Opinion

Americans set aside partisan differences to root for home team in Olympics

As our country reels from yet another deadly mass shooting and continues to bear the weight of the daily drama between Republicans and Democrats, the PyeongChang Winter Olympics gives Americans brief respite from the madness and a positive reason to come together to root for the home team.

• Olympics

Schmuck: Olympic fans looking for U.S. gold may have to look beyond big-ratings events

The U.S. Team headed for South Korea won't feature as much star power as usual in the traditional high-ratings events, but there are a lot of great athletes and story lines if fans dig deep enough.

By Peter Schmuck

Feb 3, 2018

• Olympics

Five storylines for the 2018 Winter Olympics

From nuclear politics to American skiing stars to Russian doping, here are the key stories when the 2018 Winter Olympics begin Friday.

By Childs Walker

Feb 2, 2018

• Olympics

Snowboarding: Chloe Kim leads changing of the U.S. guard

At 17, Chloe Kim is the favorite to win the Olympic halfpipe contest being held in South Korea, the country where her parents grew up.

• Travel

Where to ski or snowboard within an easy drive of Baltimore this winter

Now that winter has officially arrived, grab your skis, board or snowshoes: We've rounded up the region's great ski resorts within a four-hour drive.

• Sports

Recreation and outdoors calendar

• Snowboarding

Gilman twins not letting obstacles dampen pursuit of Olympic snowboarding dreams

From November through March, Ethan and Christian Coherd pile their battered and worn secondhand equipment into their mom's equally battered white 2012 Honda Odyssey. The twins and their mom, Krystal Lucado, make the 1 1/2-hour drive from Baltimore to Roundtop Mountain in Lewisberry, Pa., five days a week to practice Alpine snowboarding. They estimate that they spend more than 40 hours a week training, in addition to school and homework. The Coherd twins are not fazed by the obstacles.

• Snowboarding

Boarding and ready for takeoffs downtown

• Snowboarding

Americans complete 1-2 punch

• Snowboarding

Brash snowboarders ride into mainstream

• Snowboarding

Bleiler ready to turn heads

• Snowboarding

Young snowboarders try to find their place on the slippery slopes