Snowboarding

with Peter Ternouth

What Is Snowboarding, You Ask?


When a person uses a narrow board to descend down a snow covered slope this form of board-sport is called snowboarding. Though very like skiing, it is inspired by surfing as well as skateboarding and the sport was developed in the US in the ‘60s and 70s and reached culmination when it became a Winter Olympic Sport in 1998.The snowboard was the handiwork of people like Sherman Poppen, Chuck Barfoot, Dimitri Mitrovitch, Tom Sims as well as Jake Burton Carpenter. Burton Snowboards, which is one of the largest and better known snowboard companies in the world, was founded by Jake Burton Carpenter.

Skills you can learn too – great video!!

Snowboards For Girls?

Is Snowboards For Girls Different Than Those For Boys?

Ssnowboarding is the ultimate thrill you can achieve on the slopes; surfers, windsurfers and skaters are guilty to have inspired this sport and everyone else seems to be following the example. While there are no restriction on who can practice snowboarding, there are some differences between snowboards for girls and those that are for boys.

The Differences In The Snowboards For Girls And Boys

The difference is not in the practice of the sport itself but only in the snowboard and that is the size of the snowboard, which is smaller in the case of the one for girls. There is no restriction in the case that a girl wishes to use a boy’s snowboard however, it is suggested girls use snowboards for girls for the following reasons: the size and the weight.

Start Here!

You May Start Like This…

When you go snowboarding, it’s no fun to just slide down a straight away. When you go snowboarding, part of the fun is going on snowboarding jumps. If you don’t know what you’re doing, you’ll want to go slow at first.

The snow may look soft but that’s only until you fall. You’ll soon learn to take it easy until you become more skilled. If you want to learn how to do snowboarding jumps, just like the professionals, get some snowboarding lessons.

You’ll be glad you did when everyone begins asking how you became so good.