North Carolina's snowboarding scene is getting attention and has inspired another generation of riders. But the tradition has been there all along, even if the rest of the world didn't know it.
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Climate change has forced drastic changes in the snow sports community across the globe, but in North Carolina where the temperatures fluctuate more and natural snow is often infrequent it carries a much more immediate consequence to the industry than other skiing and snowboarding hubs such as Utah, Colorado, or Vermont.
GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN — Several chambers of commerce gathered on Grandfather Mountain for a special business after hours and ribbon cutting for the new Wilson Center for Nature Discovery on June