— -- KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia -- They're wild about snowboarding in Russia now. All it took was a fuzzy faced, fired-up native from the western U.S. to do it. American by birth, Russian by ...

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — When Russian snowboarder Vic Wild won Olympic gold in the parallel giant slalom last week, he got an e-mail from Hans, a kid he was mean to more than 20 years ago. “I was at ...

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia The home fans showed up in droves for the final snowboarding event of the Sochi Games, and they were wild. They waved flags and carried signs, painted their faces and covered ...

KRASNAYA, POLYANA, Russia — Vic Wild has cemented his place in snowboard history, and in far more ways than one. Let’s count the accomplishments that began on Wednesday and culminated on Saturday. On ...

BONGPYEONG, South Korea — The competitive portion of Vic Wild’s experience at the Pyeongchang Olympics lasted less than three minutes, consisting of three runs Saturday afternoon down the parallel ...

— -- KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia -- Vic Wild and wife Alena Zavarzina have some new jewelry to go with their wedding rings: Olympic medals. Wild rolled to victory in men's snowboarding parallel ...

What's that old saying? If you don't like the resources your nation is devoting to your snowboarding discipline, move to Russia? Yeah, well, that's exactly what Vic Wild of White Salmon, Wash., did ...

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Once upon a time, Vic Wild left his life in America and moved to Russia for love — and for snowboarding. Love faded. Olympic medals — those last forever. Eight years after he ...

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — It was a feel-good love story about snowboarders that made Russia smile. Four years later, Vic Wild and Alena Zavarzina are still married and still riding. But boy did ...

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 29, 2018: US-born Russian snowboarder Victor Ivan Wild (Vic Wild) during a meeting with the minister of sport of Russia. Vladimir Gerdo/TASS (Photo by Vladimir GerdoTASS via ...