To reach Paris's Eiffel Tower, Nurzhigit Abrahman had to zig-zag through treacherous mountain passes and avoid an avalanche before getting a foggy glimpse of the 15-metre (50-foot) monument in a ...

But out from the melee zoomed one tiny snowboarder, standing tall as his instructor stabilized his board with a novel contraption: the shaft and handle of a snow shovel, bolted to the rear of the ...