Snowboard: Heart stopper
A broken buckle on his left boot seconds before the snowboard race of his life left Chris Klug frazzled. But as he has in the past, he found a way to recover.

French snowboarders triumph in parallel GS
French snowboarder Isabelle Blanc has regularly entertained athletes at the Olympic Village coffee shop with her guitar since arriving in Salt Lake City.

Liver donor made snowboarder's bronze possible
On yet another great day to be alive, the snowboard racer thrust his arms in the air and let out an Olympic medalist shout. There may have been someone just as happy on the planet Friday afternoon, but none any happier.

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Snowboarding — from 'snurf' to Olympics Snowboarding is precisely what its name implies: riding a board on snow. It's a relatively new sport that combines elements of skiing, skateboarding and even surfing. In fact, early snowboards were once known as "snurfers," a combination of the words "snow" and "surfer."

U.S. snowboard team produces dramatic contest The ride to the 2002 Winter Games began Sunday for the U.S. snowboard freestyle team after a dramatic halfpipe contest that brought cheers, tears and perhaps a glimpse of big things to come.

Snowboarders battle their outlaw image Snowboarding has a brief Olympic history, most of which revolves around whether its first gold medalist did or didn't inhale. Canadian Ross Rebagliati testing positive for marijuana overshadowed his giant slalom victory in Nagano four years ago and added to the outlaw image snowboarders rode into the 1998 Winter Games.

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Snowboarding medalists in Nagano