| Over all, snowboarding has been a very
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| | Over the next 15 years, countless
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| fast growing sport. But it did have a
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| | snowboard manufacturers were born and the
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| rocky beginning. The history of
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| | sport of snowboarding began to change
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| snowboarding, however, tells the story of
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| | people's lives everywhere.
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| how the sport was evolved from a
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| | A collection of snowboarding tricks and
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| completely different human need.
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| | stunts was released on video in 1996. The
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| Many people didn't like snowboarding
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| | film, carried by its imaginative
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| because snowboarders were mostly teenage
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| | scenario, spanned the globe, spreading
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| males, and they were crazy on their
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| | the message of snowboarding.
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| boards. It started a prejudice among
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| | Vermont played a large part in the early
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| people that snowboarders are drug addicts
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| | days of snowboarding. Vermont was the
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| and snowboarding is not a decent sport.
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| | first state to open a Snowboarding Park,
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| Discrimination against them brought
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| | where snowboarders were welcome to do
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| friction and, for a time, and the future
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| | their thing.
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| of snowboarding was in jeopardy. The ski
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| | Olympics Even though
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| industry was vigilant about two things at
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| | the-history-of-snowboarding is short in
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| the time: tight pants and skier safety;
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| | the Olympics it is remembered with
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| snowboarding would not meet either of
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| | controversy and excitment. The not-so-new
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| these criteria. This rebel reputation is
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| | sport of snowboarding was finally
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| still common today in spite of the fact
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| | recognized and meant a huge victory for
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| that snowboarding appeals to men, women,
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| | serious snowboarders across the globe.
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| and children of all nationalities and
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| | Olympic and world wide snowboarding
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| social groups.
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| | events are among the most popular of
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| To say who actually invented the sport of
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| | winter sports and the competition to be
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| snowboarding would be impossible because
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| | the best is fierce. Many people had heard
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| people have always loved to slide down a
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| | of snowboarding before the Olympics, but
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| snow-covered hill. Some feel that Jack
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| | never had so many people avidly watched
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| Burchette began the history of
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| | and followed a snowboarding competition.
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| snowboarding way back in 1929 by
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| | Initially Olympic snowboarding was
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| inventing the first snowboard, out of a
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| | divided into four competitions with two
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| plank of plywood. He has deeply
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| | categories: men's and women's halfpipe
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| influenced what snowboarding has become
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| | and men's and women's giant slalom. Now
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| today.
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| | there are more events for snowboarding
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| Plagued in the early years by the
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| | like slalom, big air, racing, boarder
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| Snurfers reputation for unpredictability,
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| | cross and halfpipe. Now that snowboarding
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| snowboarding was outlawed at most ski
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| | has it made it to the Olympics,
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| resorts. At first, many ski resorts
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| | snowboarding is accepted worldwide into
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| banned snowboarding at their mountains,
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| | the mainstream populace.
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| but they eventually began to lift their
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| | Arguably, snowboarding is the fastest
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| ban and recognize snowboarding as a
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| | growing sport and industry. As
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| sport.
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| | snowboarding gained popularity it also
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| Burton In 1980 Burton advances the
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| | gained approval and now sections of some
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| history of snowboarding by developing the
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| | mountains are dedicated exclusivly to
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| first real ski technology for snowboards.
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| | them. Yet, despite the stigmas and lack
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| He produced several boards, and even got
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| | of good taste, snowboarding prevailed on
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| articles in the "Newsweek", "Playboy" and
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| | into the nineties and still continues to
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| "Powder" which helped to make
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| | grow. In a short 40-year history,
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| snowboarding better known. Burton also
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| | snowboarding has cemented itself into the
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| invented bindings with high backs to help
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| | hearts and minds of enthusiasts around
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| control when snowboarding on hard packed
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| | the world .
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| snow. In 1983 Jake Burton holds the first
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| | 80% of the kids that take up a winter
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| national snowboarding championships.
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| | sport, pick snowboarding and wonder
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| In 1985 the first magazine dedicated
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| | snowboards are the number one Christmas
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| specifically to snowboarding hit the news
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| | present. And it is widely predicted that
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| stands with huge success and furthered
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| | snowboarding will become more popular
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| the popularity of this exciting sport.
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| | than skiing by the year 2015.
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