no matter how big or small it is‚ it means a great deal to the people that are a part of it. I would consider myself a part of numerous communities but one that I especially value would be the community of snowboarders. I have had a passion for snowboarding since I was very young and my passion has only grown and matured more as I have gotten older. This passion originated from a Disney movie‚ “Johnny Tsunami”‚ where the main character is a young snowboarder who is very talented and brave. I would
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so frequently! Surely one of these sports should be eliminated leaving the other free of the menace. Well‚ I am here to tell you today that snowboarding is a short-lived dying culture and that all of the snow on our mountains should be used by the skiers! My first reason as to why snowboarding is a dying culture and skiing is far superior is that snowboarding is far more dangerous than skiing for many reasons. Firstly snowboarders have a much harder time stopping than skiers do. All a skier has to
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Snowboarding History and Characters. Introduction This Chapter will provide an indepth look at the history of snowboarding and its origins and founding characters and how it has developed over the past 60 or so years. this will help provide context and a basic knowledge to the reader about the history of this sport‚ from the icons to the brands to the struggles and Ideology behind the sport. from its early origins from skateboard and surfing culture to the struggle for the mainstream acceptance
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years old when my father strapped me into my first pair of skis‚ “Skiing is way more fun than snowboarding. Snowboarding isn’t even a real sport‚” he jokingly told me while putting on his own skis. Little did my father know I would later become a snowboarder at the age of twelve‚ following the example of my mother and two brothers. During my junior year at age sixteen‚ I joined the brand new snowboarding club at Blackfoot High School. Although the club only functioned for a year‚ I realized that small
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Tyner HIST 161 The History of Snowboarding The invention of snowboarding is directly related to the increase of concussions through the years. At first the snowboard was very basic‚ but now it has become a sport that a lot of people participating in. However some people choose not to wear helmets that protect their heads‚ which make them more susceptible to concussions. The National Ski Patrol says that only 61% of people wore helmets for both skiing and snowboarding in the 2010/2011 season. That
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Part 3 Some statuses within snowboarding are Professional‚ Amateur‚ and Recreational snowboarders. Another status involved with snowboarding could be‚ a snowboarding instructor‚ or a ski lift operator (Mathews 2). People are socialized into snowboarding by hanging around their friends at their local hill‚ and by reading magazines‚ viewing websites‚ and watching snowboarding on television. The two most important agents of socialization are‚ as stated before‚ peers and the media. Your peers
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Snowboarding was a sport that was created as a way to surf and skateboard in the winter. Many people had already been snowboarding by standing up on toboggans and sleds‚ but the first real product that came out was called the Snurfer in 1965 by a man named Sherman Poppen. Some people quickly started picking up on the idea and two men named Tom Sims and Dimitrije Milovich who created Sims Snowboards (1976)‚ and Winterstick (1972) started coming out with their own designs and input on the sport. Jake
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Snowboarding Snowboarding is one of the fastest growing sports in North America. It is a hobby that rewards time and effort with an enjoyable experience as well as an adrenaline rush. Snowboarding has a tendency to become very unpredictable. With its increasing popularity‚ it’s no surprise that snowboarding is becoming so mainstream in the world of extreme sports. Also‚ with just about three years under my belt‚ I can attest to how worthwhile it has been to make snowboarding such a major part
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Snowboarding Whats 3 feet long‚slippery‚and fast? On the day before christmas my mom and dad took me to Menards we looked around and we found a lot of snowboards I tried to find a good one it took we a while but I found it. We got the snow board and I got a snowboard for christmas. When I got home I went across the street to my friends house and we were going sledding down a hill and I brought my snowboard. When I was snowboarding down the hill I fell down and I was still going down
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The wind blew in my face as the fresh fallen snow was packed and hardened‚ leaving a perfect trail for snowboarding. As a novice snowboarder racing probably wasn’t a great idea but as a ten year old boy I could care less. The race began at the top of the mountain where the ski lift drops people off‚ and then begin the descend down the mountain slowly at first then speeding up quickly. My snowboarding
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