Summary: <p>Continuing our Winter Olympic theme, we present to you Snowboarding! Five major events for both men and women with a sport that’s only been around 20 years. We go over the history and the best athlete to have participated. Raw notes below. Tune in every Monday for a new Sport of the Week.</p> <h2>Raw Episode Notes</h2> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Quick overview of what it is </span> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">People snowboard down a hill in different events</span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Where/When did it start</span> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Snowboarding in general probably dates back to the first time someone was like, you know surfing? Lets do THAT, but on snow…on a board. And we’ll call it </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">snow</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">boarding</span> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">ACtual history says Michigan resident Sherman Poppen came up with the original prototype, which was dubbed the “</span><a href="https://www.snurferboards.com/The-Story_ep_41.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Snurfer</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">” or “snow surfer”. This was different from a snowboard in that there were no bindings and had a rope on the front to help glide over the snow</span> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Developer of snowboard is a bit more tricky, but started to get poplar in the 1970s</span> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dimitrije Milovich used cafeteria trays</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">There’s more history, but it gets murkier</span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">officially adopted as a formal discipline at the Nagano 1998 Olympic Winter Games</span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Who plays it</span> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Anywhere with snow</span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Events</span> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Parallel Giant Slalom</span> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Boarder v boarder, at least 18 gates, if you’re faster you win, 400-700m course length</span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Halfpipe</span> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jumps, twists, fancy shtuff, 6 judges for a total out of 100, highest/lowest score removed</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shaun White got a 100 in 2010 Winter X Games</span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Snowboard Cross (added 2006)</span> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">4 to 6 athletes go down the course at the same time. Jumps, sharp turns, tight quarters</span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Slopestyle (2010)</span> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rails, tables, walls, etc, different elements to trick off of. Potential for coolest tricks and combos</span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Big Air (added this year)</span> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Similar to the half pipe, but large jumps on a downhill slope. No side to side. Biggest wipeouts</span></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Best Known for the sport (gold/total)</span> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"></span></li> </ul> </li> </ul>
