Introduction to Snowboarding

SPORT NAME: Snowboarding
SPORT TYPE: | Snow | Winter | Board | Olympic |

What Is Snowboarding?
Snowboarding is a winter snow sport during which riders stand on a device known as a snowboard and slide down a snow-covered sloping surface.

Organizations:

IN ENGLISH: International Ski and Snowboard Federation
IN FRENCH: Fédération Internationale de Ski et de Snowboard
FORMERLY KNOWN AS: Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS)
DESCRIPTION: international governing body for skiing and snowboarding
ESTABLISHED: February 2, 1924 (as FIS)
NAME CHANGE: May 26, 2022
WEB SITE: fis-ski.com | Link |
ARTICLE: Wikipedia

ENTITY: U.S. Ski and Snowboard - Snowboarding Discipline
WEB SITE: usskiandsnowboard.org - teams - snowboarding | Link |

Other Sowboarding Organizations:
- Canadian Snowboard Federation | anadasnowboard.ca/
- Colorado Snow Sports Hall of Fame | snowsportsmuseum.org
- PSAI + AASI | thesnowpros.org |
- U.S. Ski and Snowboarding | usskiandsnowboard.org |
- United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association
- International Snowboard Federation (1989-2002)
- Pro Snowboarders Association (1990-2002)

Events:

- FIS Snowboard World Cup
- FIS Snowboard World Championships
- Olympic Winter Games (since 1998)
- Burton Global Open Series
- European Air and Style (since 1994)
- Freeride World Tour
- Japanese X-Trail Jam
- Shakedown Original Snowboard Games
- Winter Dew Tour

Disciplines

Disciplines at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Big Air
- Half-Pipe
- Parallel Giant Slalom
- Slopestyle
- Snowboard Cross

Disciplines at the FIS Snowboarding World Championships
- Big Air
- Half-Pipe
- Parallel Giant Slalom
- Parallel Slalom
- Slopestyle (downhill obstacle course with rails, jumps and terrain park features)
- Snowboard Cross

Other Snowboarding Disciplines:
- Alpine
- Freeriding
- Freestyle
- Jibbing
- Para-Snowboarding
- Snowboard Racing

References:

Directories:
- curlie.org - sports - winter snowboarding
- dmoz.org - sports - winter - snowboarding - 2017 archive
- yahoo.com - directory - recreation - sports -snowboarding - 2014 archive

Archived Web Sites:
- askaboutsports.com - snowboarding - 2019 archive
- snowboarding.about.com - 2002 archive

Wikis:
- commons.wikimedia.org | snowboarding | images category
- wikipedia.org - snowboarding - article
- wikipedia.org - snowboarding - category
- wikipedia.org - snowboarding - category