Snowboarding – Carve it up

If you’re looking for an adrenaline filled rush with the chance of spending time in some of the worlds most pristine and idyllic surroundings – snowboarding is the sport for you.

Inspired by the extreme riding styles as well as the laid back attitude of skating and surfing, snowboarding was developed in the United States in the 1960/70’s. Snowboarding has slowly but surely built it’s reputation up to the point where it was acknowledged as an official sport in 1984 and finally recognized as an Olympic sport in 1998. In comparison to other sports snowboarding is the new kid on the block.

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The journey to its current status was not an easy one as there was initial resistance & rivalry from skiers which lead to an ongoing skier vs. snowboarder feud.  As the equipment evolved and became more high tech and the skill set of the snowboarders improved, snowboarding gradually became more accepted.

As with skiing, snowboarding has evolved and produced various riding styles along with the associated equipment to suit. Freeride, freestyle, and freecarve/race are the most popular.

Of all the styles, freeride is the most common form of snowboarding.  Freeriding may include carve turns more common in alpine snowboarding, or jib tricks aerial and tricks borrowed from freestyle, using whatever natural terrain the rider may come across to pull these tricks off.

The freestyle form of snowboarding involves the use of man made objects to perform jib or aerial tricks. This will involve mailboxes, tabletops, boxes, handrails, jumps, half pipes or quarter pipes and is generally suited to an urban environment.

Free carve takes on the same concept as slalom skiing with a race/speed focus to the style. This form of racing will usually take placed on groomed mountain slopes with a predefined course.

To make things even more complicated there are various forms of competition that have evolved from these different styles:

	Slope Style
	Boardercross
	Big Air
	Rail Jam
	Half-pipe
	Indycross
	Racing
	Slush Cup

Snowboarding has fast become a way of life with strong punk and hip-hop roots.  It was the fusion of urban and suburban styles onto the slopes, which made the transition from skateboarding and surfing culture over to snowboarding culture.

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