snowboarding

     

Snowboaring is a sport that involves descending a snow-covered slope on a snowboard attached to a participant's feet using a special boot set into a mounted binding. The development of snowboarding was inspired by surfing and skateboarding, and the sport shares superficial similarities with skiing. It was developed in the United States in the 1960s and the 1970s and became a Winter Olympic Sport in 1998.

Trivia about snowboarding

  • The USA's first gold medal was earned by Kelly Clark, who won the halfpipe event in this sport
  • At the 1998 Winter Olympics, the USA's Ross Powers won the bronze in the halfpipe event in this new Olympic sport
  • In 1998, the first Olympics in which it was held, Italy's Gian Simmen won the men's halfpipe in this sport
  • The 4 sports featured in the "Xtreme Sports" stamps series were skateboarding, BMX biking, in-line skating & this one
  • Olympic competition in this sport now takes place in 3 events: cross, parallel giant slalom & half-pipe
  • Ross Powers won the men's superpipe at the 2003 U.S. Open in this sport

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