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Shred the Gnar with this Snowboarding Quiz

Sucheta Pradhan

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Ever thought of sliding down a snow-covered slope in speed while the chilling winds dash against your face? If yes, then snowboarding is your sport. Take this engaging quiz and get to know more!
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The first ever snowboard by built in 1917 by Vern Wicklund in Cloquet, Minnesota. Vern modified a shred deck and named it the “bunker”. In 1939, he patented the same on his name.
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Although he didn’t invent the sport, Jake Burton Carpenter took snowboarding worldwide. Through his company, “Burton Snowboards”, he helped the growth of the sport’s popularity to a great extent.
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Snurfer was the antecedent of the modern snowboard. A Muskegon-based engineer, Sherman Poppen, ideated and made it in 1965 by fastening two skis with a rope such that it became a monoski that could slide down the snow.
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Snowboarding officially made its Olympics debut in the 1998 Winter Olympics held in Nagano, Japan. Subsequently, it was also included in the 2014 Winter Paralympics at Sochi, Russia.
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The idea of snowboarding as a sport was inspired by skiing, surfing, skateboarding, as well as sledding. This means that all these sports were already in existence and popular long before snowboarding!
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Karine Ruby of France was the first woman snowboarder to win a gold medal at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics. Ross Rebagliati from Canada won men’s gold for the sport at the same event.
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The Fédération internationale de ski or International Ski Federation (FIS) is the governing body that has been organizing snowboarding world cup since 1994. The first one was held in Zürs, Austria.
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Alpine snowboarding is called ‘freecarving’ as it emphasizes on carving linked turns on the fall lines or downhill edges. It is also called ‘hardbooting’ because of the boots made of hard plastic shell, which alpine snowboarders use.
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Fresh and powdery snow is the best for any kind of snowboarding. This is because such kind of snow enables the snowboarder to easily glide down the terrain.
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The front end or the tip of a snowboard is commonly known as the “nose”. Likewise, the back end of a snowboard is called the “tail”.
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The all-mountain style of snowboarding is the most versatile amongst all. In this style, snowboarders mix a number of styles and incorporate various different moves and tricks.
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Till the early 1980s, snowboarding was seen as teenage craze. But in 1983-84, Vermont’s Stratton Mountain Resort included snowboarding on its ice-sporting menu, a move that put it ahead of the competition.

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