Backside: The heel-side edge of the snowboard. Backside air: Any air performed on the backside wall of a halfpipe. Backside approach: In slopestyle, the rider approaches the rail feature while facing ...

Women’s halfpipe made its debut at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Unlike at recent Winter Games, athletes were not judged on amplitude. The halfpipe measured half the size of the 22-foot halfpipe walls ...

He got his start in snowboarding by working as a lifty at ... Kirkhus had a fifth-place finish at the Kreischberg Big Air contest back in January.