Snowboarding

0848110Andrew Fernley

Brief History• Some say that the first

snowboard was a toy called the “Snurfer” in 1965

• It was not until the 70’s and 80’s that snowboarding stared to become popular

• In 1985 it gained official sport status, and it has snowballed ever since with events like the U.S. Open, the Winter X Games, and the Winter Olympics

Snowboarding and the Olympics

• First “Extreme” sport allowed in the Olympics

• Gave Snowboarding a family friendly image

Impact of Snowboarding on Skiing

• Snowboarding has helped evolved the freestyle (twin tipped) ski

• Forced Skiing to keep up in order to stay popular, thus making skiing better

Works Cited

• http://weblog.ceicher.com/archives/snurfer.gif• http://www.geocities.com/dazesty1/snowboard12.jpg• http://snowboarding.transworld.net/snow/videos/video/0,26810,1

704494,00.html• http://www.snowboard-zamora.net/uploads/images/reportajes/m

odulos/s-box.jpg• http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/RSPOD/

RS995~Shaun-White-Rolling-Stone-no-995-March-2006-Posters.jpg• http://blog.skiheavenly.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/

skiersvssnowboarders.jpg• http://blogs.uwb.edu/aminm11/snowboarding_06.jpg• http://www.safety-council.org/info/sport/snowboard.html• http://snowboard.colonies.com/