Pro snowboarders cancel trip to N. Korea resort

A trio of the world's leading snowboarders, set to be the first western professionals to visit North Korea's Masikryong ski resort, have cancelled their trip after Pyongyang's latest nuclear test, the trip's organiser said Friday. Tom Monterosso, the editor of California-based Snowboarder Magazine, which had organised the trip, said the group had decided to err on the side of caution after North Korea announced it had tested its first hydrogen bomb just two days before they were supposed to leave. Some people still thought we could go, but we decided if there was any doubt whatsoever then we should just cancel," Monterosso told AFP by telephone.

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