snowboarding

snowboarding
Sport of sliding downhill over snow on a snowboard, a wide ski ridden in a surfing position.

Derived from surfing and influenced also by skateboarding as well as skiing, snowboarding began to burgeon among young people in the U.S. in the mid-1980s. The first Olympic snowboarding competition was held in the 1998 Winter Games. The two main events are giant slalom (similar to Alpine giant slalom) and halfpipe, in which riders use a large, snow-covered trench (halfpipe) to repeatedly launch themselves into the air and perform various acrobatic feats.

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sport
 winter sport that is somewhat akin to skiing and that evolved from skateboarding and surfing. Three main styles of competition exist: Alpine, freestyle, and boardercross.

 Developed in the 1960s, snowboarding is believed to have originated in the United States, where several inventors explored the idea of surfing on the snow. The sport quickly evolved, and the early, rudimentary boards gave way to designs that are specialized to meet the demands of different competitions. The basic design is a board (much like an oversized, wheel-less skateboard) to which the rider's feet are attached with bindings. No poles are used; racers push off from stationary posts. The size and shape of a snowboard varies according to the intended use of the board and the size of the snowboarder. However, the average size of a board is 150 cm (5 ft) in length and 25 cm (10 in) in width. A board may have a deep sidecut (giving it a shape similar to an hourglass) in order to facilitate sharper turns. A leash connected to the snowboarder's ankle prevents the board from sliding away after a fall.

 A stiff board and plate bindings and boots are used for the Alpine (Alpine skiing) events, all of which are timed and contain gates around which snowboarders must maneuver. The slalom and giant slalom are considered technical contests because of the tightness of the turns. The supergiant slalom (also called the super-G) is a speed event with looser turns and a longer course.

 Highly flexible boards, shell bindings, and boots are used for the freestyle (freestyle skiing) events, which take place on a half-pipe, a ramp built from snow that resembles the bottom portion of a tube. Half-pipes vary in size; however, they are generally 75 to 100 m (246 to 328 ft) in length and 10 to 18 m (30 to 60 ft) from wall to wall. The height of a wall ranges from 3 to 6 m (10 to 20 ft). Not a race, the freestyle is a series of acrobatic tricks that are rated by three to five judges.

      Flexible freestyle boots and bindings are used with a board of medium flexibility for the boardercross contest, in which four to six racers simultaneously navigate a downhill course containing bumps (moguls), jumps, and other obstacles; the winner is determined by speed.

 The international governing body of snowboarding is the Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS). The sport was first recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1994, and its Winter Games debut occurred in 1998 at Nagano, Japan, where the men's and women's giant slalom and half-pipe were held.
 

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