Where it started
Really no one knows who invented snowboarding. The best answers is the first daredevil that one day was sledding and thought of going down the hill standing up on the sled. They called it stupid, but today we call it snowboarding. The fist sign of the snowboard was the "Snurfer".Made by Sherman Poppen. What it was, is that it was a little plastic surfboard for the snow, that had a rope that came up and for the rider to hold on to. This item was popular in the eye's of children.
As the toy was getting more popular, there were more organized competitions being help. In the 1980’s the sport of snowboarding was becoming more popular now in adults. As the sport was growing so were the designs from the look of the “snurfer” to more now what we see in today’s snowboards. Going from a rope to a binding.
Where has it been
Since the neighborhood races in the backyard. Snowboarding has come a long way. Today not only are there alpine races, but there is half pipe. Both of these sports can be seen in the winter Olympics. Other big snowboard competitions are the Winter X Games and the Dew Tour. Both of these competitions have the half pipe. The Dew tour as well has a sport called slope style. Where snowboarders ride down a mountain with jumps and rails while scoring a high score. The Winter X Games has four snowboarding competitions. Alpine racing, half pipe, slope style, as well as a big air competition.
Where is it today
Today it has come a long way. Snowboarding is at a all time high with over seven million snowboards participating I the sport every winter.
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