SNOWBOARDING

HISTORY

• Snowboarding was brought to Russia in the late 1980's
• This sport was first played in the Winter Olympics in 1998 in Nagano Japan there were 2events - giant slalom and half pipe.
• Women begin to compete in this sport in 1998.
• The top 3 countries that excel in this sports are United States, Switzerland, France.
• The famous athletes from the US who compete in this sport are Bode Miller, Shawn White, Shani Davis.

PLAYING THE SPORT

• Equipment needed is a flexible board a cross board soft boots and a hard helmet
• How to play the sport slope style Athletes perform on a slope feaching various forms of obstacles rails quarter pipes and jumps with two runs paths around the snowboarders
• Rules of the sport are to do a lot of trick and to get a good position.
• Events of the sport are half pipe parralal giant slalom,show board cross,slope style,parralal slalom.

TOP 3 COUNTRIES

• United States
• Switzerland
• France

SHAWN WHITE

• Shawn white injured his ankle in December 2013.
• Shawn whites nickname was the flying tomato.
• He began snowboarding at age 6
• Hobbies are playing the guitar listening to music and skateboarding

Interesting facts
Snowboarding was included in at the first time in the Olympic games program at 1998 in nagano