2. Snow boarding is probably the most popular mountain sport to
the day. It links to skateboarding, ripstick, sand boarding and
surfing.
History; The first snowboard
was invented about 100 years ago.
It was called a monoski.
It was literally 2 skis joined
Together to make 1. The first
actual snowboard was a
stand up sledge with no
bindings, this made it very
hard to stand; these boards
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were called snurfers.
3. Nowadays snowboarders use boards
like these:
These now consist of bindings and a grip in the
middle of the board forgetting of ski lifts.
Types of Snowboarding:
Free riding is when a snowboarder goes wherever
he/she wants to go. Riding on powder snow, jumping
of cliffs and zooming down steep slopes.
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4. Jibbing is when a boarder does
skateboarding and other street boarding
tricks; such as ramps, trees, tables,
The thing and jumps. snowboarders spend
benches is sometimes
more time on the ramps than the snow!!!
Jibbing
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Freestyle snowboarders do the same tricks as
skateboarders except on mostly snow eg: half
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5. A 360˚ is when a boarder does a full
turn in the air.
A McTwist is when a boarder does 1.5
spins in the air.
A backwards 1440 (four full rotations)
A double corked 1080-three full
rotations spun like a corkscrew!!!
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6. No not you miss nameless
Darren Powell: He rode his board at a speed of a
freaky 201.90 km/h. Fastest speed for a
snowboard ever.
David Benedek: first person to do the double
corked 1080.
Jake Burton: Jake Burton started Burton
Snowboards in 1977.
7. Shaun White is the worlds
best snowboarder to the
day. He has won at least 1
gold medal at all the
Winter Olympics since 2003.
He has won 23 gold medals
at other competitions to.
8. Big Air is when a snowboarder takes a
massive jump and does as many tricks
in the air as possible.
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