Introduction to Snowboarding

SPORT NAME: Snowboarding
GOVERNING BODY: International Ski and Snowboard Federation
SPORT TYPE: Olympic | board | snow | winter | competitive |

Organizations:

- Canadian Snowboard Federation | anadasnowboard.ca/
- Colorado Snow Sports Hall of Fame | snowsportsmuseum.org
- International Ski and Snowboard Federation | fis-ski.com |
- 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:

- <| <>a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190315174900/http://askaboutsports.com/snowboarding/"> askaboutsports.com - snowboarding - archive
snowboarding.about.com - 2002 archive
- wikipedia.org - snowboarding - article
- wikipedia.org - snowboarding - category
- wikipedia.org - snowboarding - category
- commons.wikimedia.org | snowboarding | images category