snowboard

HISTORY:

Year 1.965 and the American engineer Sherman Poppen invented Snurfer. Popper, came up with the idea of Snurfer as I watched her daughters playing with a ski, and built what we call the first table.

It was a simple plywood table, substantially smaller dimensions to the current tables, which had no platform for the feet and wearing a rope at the end of the table helping to maintain balance.

The first competition was held Snurfer in 1968 in Michigan and consisted of a decrease in straight line. In 1969 the Dimitrije Milovich like skiing began designing snowboards with more materials.

Determinant was also the contribution made by Jeff Grell who built the first setting of casing, which led to Jake Burton in a competition held in the year 1978, was the first man to use a table (Burton) with fixings.

In 1987 it hosted the first official world championship in Brechenridge (USA) and St Moritz (Switzerland). In the middle of the 80s and early 90s and all we've discussed (coming public, brand proliferation, use of new materials and components of the latest generation of professional discipline,…)when occurs the great boom of the snowboard so that in the Games held in 1998 in Nagano (Japan) acquires snowboarding Olympic sport.

DIFFERENT STYLES OF SNOWBOARDING:

Freestyle
Snowboarders who want to do everything and anything as the name suggests. They usually use a directionally- shaped board with longer tip for better movement. Freestyle focuses on jumps, tricks, rail slides, halfpipes and switch riding. Many resorts now design and maintain snowboard parks specifically for freestyle riders with rails, halfpipes and jump. Equipment consists of a soft boot and a relatively short, maneuverable board.

The most popular snowboarding events are the Freestyle competitions. These will include halfpipe, quarterpipe, slopestyle and big air competitions.

Technical Freestyle
Swinging back and forth in the half-pipe, performing complicated spins in a snowboard park.

Freeriding
Freeriders spend most of their time on the ground. Is the most general style of snowboarding also called 'All mountain riding'. Freeriders prefer the all mountain experience: open terrain, backcountry, fresh powder, while at the same time perfectly happy in a local park cut pipe. Freeriding is usually considered the most suitable style for beginners. Just like freestyle, freeride equipment uses a soft boot. Boards common to this style of riding are relatively longer and more directional in their shape.

Freecarve/Alpine
The Freecarve style of snowboarding focuses on speed, carving and racing. Also called alpine, freecarving attracts those looking for speed and takes place on hard-pack or groomed runs and focuses on the ultimate carving turn. This style is not about jumps and rail slides. Boards are stiff, narrow and relatively long with a curved nose and a flat tail to allow more stability.