Hunter Hess couldn't quite land his final jump attempt of his first run. American Alex Ferreira, who won the Olympic bronze ...

President Trump called Hunter Hess a "loser." The Olympic freeskier qualified for the halfpipe finals where he says he's ...

Young stars often get hyped up at the Winter Olympics. Teen skiers and early-20s snowboarders usually shape the games. Yet ...

The newest sport on the Olympic program goes by the name “skimo,” which is short for ski mountaineering. It's basic principles are just as condensed: race up the slope and ...

As Olympic skiers hurtle down slopes at frightening speeds, and snowboarders and ski jumpers soar through the skies, curlers are renowned more for their cerebral strategy.

While friction isn’t the only influence on the slopes, it is definitely something at the top of a skier’s mind—especially ...

From the biathlon to the slopestyle to the giant slalom, raising a ski above your head after crossing the finish line is the triumphant Olympic skier's standard celebration. But why do the skis of the ...

Biologist David Inouye spent part of his Tuesday afternoon harvesting Jerusalem artichokes from his garden in the 1,400-person town of Paonia in western Colorado. “It’s been so warm and dry here that ...

A scandal involving allegedly enlarged ski suits ahead of this year’s Winter Olympics has highlighted the intriguing physics ...