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	Olympic Snowboarding
		Snowboarding was in the Olympics for the first time in 1998.
		The type of snowboard that is used is narrow and stiff.
		Snowboarders do tricks and jumps using a trench that is shaped like a U. They get their speed up by going down one side of the U. When they get to the top of the other side they do different types of tricks.
	library.thinkquest.org /3885/olympics.html (195 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > 1998 Winter Olympics
		Snowboarding and curling debuted as official sports and women's ice hockey was introduced to the Olympic program.
		Tara Lipinski, 15, won the women's figure skating title to become the youngest champion in an individual event in the history of the Winter Olympics.
		Snowboarder Ross Rebagliati[?] wins the gold medal, after initially being disqualified for marijuana usage.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/19/1998_Winter_Olympics (218 words)

	1998 Winter Olympics - Biocrawler
		The XVIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1998 in Nagano, Japan.
		Alpine skier Hermann Maier (Austria) survived a fall in the downhill and went on to gold in the super-g and giant slalom.
		Snowboarder Ross Rebagliati won the gold medal, after initially being disqualified for marijuana usage.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/1998_Winter_Olympics (262 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in 1998 in Nagano, Japan.
		Ice hockey for women was contested at the Olympic Games for the first time ever, and the U.S. beat the Canadians 3-1 for the gold medal.
		Snowboarding debuted as an official sport and women's ice hockey was introduced to the Olympic program.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=1998_Winter_Olympics (399 words)

	CNN/SI - Olympics - Snowboarding
		Olympics snowboarding is divided into two disciplines, though that's not what boarders would call it.
		If a snowboarder makes it to the finals, the preliminary scores are thrown out.
		Like many in his sport, Haakonsen is unhappy that the International Olympic Committee has appointed FIS, the international skiing federation, as the organizers of Olympic snowboarding instead of the International Snowboarding Federation.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/events/1998/nagano/sports/snowboarding.html (345 words)

	Competitive Snowboarding from Snowlife - Snowlife
		There are regular snowboard competitions on the UK's artificial slopes, indoor snow slopes and the Scottish Ski areas – all great places to start competing.
		The main snowboard competition circuit in the UK is the Orange Aim Series.
		The snowboard half pipe involves riding from wall to wall in a pipe around 110 metres long, 15 metres wide The average gradient is 17 degrees, and the walls around four metres high.
	www.snowlife.org.uk /snowboard/competition.asp (635 words)

	CBC.CA - Torino 2006
		The inaugural Winter Olympics were a resounding success in the picturesque spa town of Chamonix, France.
		The 1936 Winter Games were held in the twin Bavarian towns of Garmisch and Partenkirchen just three years before the outbreak of the Second World War.
		The modern Winter Olympics movement came of age in Grenoble.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/history (1273 words)

	Winter Olympics: Snowboarding
		The sport, which first appeared at the 1998 Nagano Games, is still a work in progress as events are changed and added.
		The new snowboard cross event has a course made up of different sections: whoops (moguls), waves, banks, kickers, and spines (jumps with 90° angles), with a series of blue and red gates and triangular flags marking the course and indicating entrances to obstacles.
		Snowboarding is still his strong suit as he proved this season by sweeping all five U.S. Grand Prix halfpipe events and crushing the competition in the superpipe at the 2006 Winter X-Games.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/winter-olympics-snowboarding.html (637 words)

	Snowboarding - MSN Encarta
		Snowboarding, sport often described as “surfing on snow.” Snowboarders descend a slope by standing sideways on a lightweight board about 150 cm (about 5 ft) long, attached to their feet.
		Snowboarding gained popularity rapidly in the 1980s and 1990s, partly because it is easy to learn.
		Layering is the best way to dress for snowboarding, with an inside layer for warmth and wicking away moisture, a middle layer for insulation, and an outer layer for wind and water resistance.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761589624/Snowboarding.html (946 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The 1940 Winter Olympics had originally been awarded to Japan, and were supposed to be held in Sapporo, but Japan had to give the Games back in 1938, because of the Japanese invasion of China in the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945).
		Winter pentathlon, a variant to the modern pentathlon, was included as a demonstration event in 1948.
		This was just after the IOC had adopted a new style of voting due to corruption scandals surrounding the votes for the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Freestyle-skiing-at-the-2006-Winter-Olympics (710 words)

	Snowboarding - Torino 2006 Winter Olympic Games
		Snowboarding is an increasingly common winter sport throughout the world where participants strap a composite board to their feet and slide down a snow-covered mountain.
		EVENTS: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics will be held in Melezet, a frazione southwest of the town of Bardonecchia, Italy from February 12 to February 23.
		Snowboarding is a boardsport on snow similar to skiing, but came about as an idea for a combination of surfing and skateboarding.
	www.italyworldclub.com /piemonte/turin_2006/sport_snowboarding.htm (817 words)

	OLYMPICS/NAGANO 1998
		The International Olympic Committee had been hoping to create a buzz and draw in a generation of sports fans used to pierced noses when it added snowboarding as a full-medal sport to the Nagano Games.
		The 26-year-old from British Columbia had tested positive for marijuana (a urine level of 17.8 nanograms per milliliter, exceeding the 15.0 limit set by snowboarding's Olympic governing body, the International Ski Federation), and after a 3-to-2 vote, the I.O.C.'s executive board recommended he be stripped of his prize.
		And the word among snowboarding's tight brotherhood in Nagano was that no one was going to accept any prizes they didn't earn if the giant-slalom medals were redistributed.
	www.time.com /time/reports/olympics/snowboarding2.html (1151 words)

	winter olympics magazine article learnenglish
		The Olympic Motto is 'Citius, Altius, Fortius', (or faster, higher, stronger), and when you hear the words "The Olympics", you may see mental pictures of tanned men and women athletes in brightly coloured sportswear, trying hard to live up to the motto, while keeping to the Olympic ideals of friendship, unity, fair play and peace.
		Snowboarding is associated with a certain lifestyle which doesn't always sit easily with the Olympic ideal - being a member of a team in such an individualistic sport can be problematic for boarders, and even wearing a uniform can be a touchy subject.
		In the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, two Japanese ski jumpers, Masahiko Harada and Takanobu Okabe, won the gold and silver medals after both of them jumped 137 metres, the longest ski jumps ever seen at the games.
	www.learnenglish.org.uk /magazine/winter_olympics02.html (744 words)

	Olympic Snowboarding: The Facts
		In the Winter Olympics, there are six snowboarding events- three for men and three for women.
		The events are the half-pipe, the snowboard cross, and the parallel giant slalom.
		The snowboard cross event is new for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy.
	www.edhelper.com /ReadingComprehension_42_126.html (272 words)

	2006 Winter Olympics Turin, Snowboarding
		Snowboarding is an increasingly common winter sport throughout the world where participants attach a composite board to their feet and slide down a snow-covered mountain.
		Alpine snowboarding is the practice of turning by carving the snowboard (such that the board is tracking along the edge of the board), as opposed to skidding the snowboard (where the board is travelling in a different direction than it is pointing).
		Alpine riders use hard plastic snowboarding boots, which resemble ski boots, except that they tend to be less stiff in the ankles and have a shortened heel, to minimize hanging over the edge of the snowboard.
	www.bonjourlafrance.net /2006_winter_olympics_turin/snowboarding_2006_winter_olympics.htm (1774 words)

	The History of Snowboarding
		Snowboarding has only recently become a popular sport with its grass roots originating from surfers and skateboarders who dreamed of surfing on the snow. The snowboard movement is seen to have began around the 1960's by these surf and skate enthusiasts who began by using home made boards.
		The first recognised step in snowboarding was in 1965 when Sherman Poppen created "The Snurfer" as a present for his daughter. It was the result of binding two ski's together and putting a rope attached to the front for the rider to hold and stay stable.
		Following its popularity snowboarding was accepted as a official Olympic sport in 1994 and was first competed in in the 1998 Winter Olympics. Finally snowboarding was recognised as an emerging sport and not just a passing trend.
	www.snowboardingatwhistler.com /history.html (298 words)

	Winter X has different draw than Olympics - Boston.com
		Snowboarding sailed toward the mainstream after that and it's even bigger this time around, with NBC and Visa centering their ad campaigns for the Turin Games on snowboarders.
		The Winter X Games revolve around the snowboarding culture, encompassing everything from the music and attitude to the clothing and style of the younger generation in one event.
		The Olympics took snowboarding to a worldwide scale, boosting interest in the sport and the athletes in it, attracting more attention to what's going on at Winter X. Record crowds are expected this year with just two weeks separating Winter X and opening ceremonies in Turin.
	www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/articles/2006/01/27/winter_x_has_different_draw_than_olympics?mode=PF (705 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Snowboarding
		Snowboard Season Kicks Off: Mountain Dew Pro Nationals Breeze Into Breckenridge, Colo., Dec. 6-9; Top Snowboarders to Compete in the First Stop of the Vans Triple Crown of Snowboarding.
		Boost Mobile to Host World's Richest Snowboarding Event in Chicago; Boost Mobile Pro of Snowboarding to be held March 26-28 at South Soldier Field.
		Extreme measures: fast and furious, snowboarding is a major influence in the contemporary sportswear market.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Snowboarding (829 words)

	Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
		The Greeks held the first Olympic games in the year 776 BC (over 2700 years ago), and had only one event, a sprint (a short run that was called the "stade").
		For each Olympics, a new flame is started in the ancient Olympic stadium in Olympia, Elis, Greece, using a parabolic mirror to focus the rays of the Sun.
		The 2006 Winter Olympics are in Turino, Italy.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics/index.shtml (1311 words)

	The Steamboat Pilot & Today: U.S. snowboarders dominate (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Kelly Clark, who came to the Olympics after winning the X-Games halfpipe, had the best performance of these Olympics going -- until she botched the landing of a challenging 900-degree spin on her final jump at the bottom of the halfpipe.
		Despite already having felt the thrill of winning an Olympic gold in 2002, Clark was bothered enough by her finish here that she refused to take her goggles off for her initial post-event interviews, though her tinted lenses could not totally obscure the tears behind them.
		The results prove what snowboarding coach Bud Keene said in the months leading up to the games -- that the United States is primed to pull away from its international com-petition, even as the popularity of snowboarding increases around the world.
	www.steamboatpilot.com /section/2006WinterOlympics213/storypr/35478 (501 words)

	ipedia.com: 1998 Winter Olympics Article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Games of the XVIII Winter Olympiad were held in 1998 in Nagano, Japan.
		Snowboarding and curling debuted as official sports and women's ice hockey was introduced to the Olympic program.
		Snowboarder Ross Rebagliati won the gold medal, after initially being disqualified for marijuana usage.
	www.ipedia.com /1998_winter_olympics.html (274 words)

	PAGE ONE -- Extreme Ire Over Snowboard Events / Enthusiasts peeved at Olympic competitions derived from skiing
		Snowboarders want their own independent governing body to negotiate with Olympic officials because they want to see ``freestyle'' snowboarding competitions instead of events derived from traditional skiing.
		Snowboarding began 20 years ago, with the advent of a crude prototype called the ``snurfer.'' But it has only been in the last decade that the sport's popularity has surged, thanks to breakthroughs in equipment designs.
		Some of the world's top snowboarders are so angry with the way the rules were written that they are boycotting the Winter Olympics.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/1998/02/10/MN90676.DTL&type=printable (914 words)

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		Snowboarding requires strong calf muscles which are used to coordinate toe-side traverses down the mountain.
		In 1998, snowboarding debuted in the Olympics in Nagano, Japan with a giant slalom and halfpipe competition.
		In the 2002 Olympics in Park City, Utah, the U.S. men's snowboarding team swept the halfpipe event: It was the first medal sweep in the Winter Olympics for any nation since U.S. men's figure skaters won gold, silver and bronze in the 1956 Games.
	www.winterfeelsgood.com /downloads/partners/Snowboarding.doc (385 words)

	Snowboarders battle their outlaw image - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		Snowboarding has a brief Olympic history, most of which revolves around whether its first gold medalist did or didn't inhale.
		Snowboarding is the fastest-growing winter sport in the world.
		Perhaps the biggest innovation in snowboarding since the 1998 Games is the "superpipe," a longer halfpipe with larger, smoother curves on the walls.
	www.deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,65000068,00.html? (809 words)

	GBROLYMPICS.COM / LONDON-OLYMPICS.COM - Olympic Games Medallists
		The modern Olympics were first held in 1896.
		Nevertheless all those competitions reported, at one time or another, as Olympic medal events have been included here for the record, with those no longer regarded as official footnoted.
		The Winter Olympics were first held in 1924.
	www.london-olympics.com /olympic (336 words)

	Winter Olympic Games 1998
		The Torch Relay began with the kindling of the Olympic flame in Greece in December 1997.
		The 1998 Olympics was held in the Nagano Prefecture on the Japanese island of Honshu.
		Olympic Figure skating is an event that draws a large audience from around the world.
	www.damoon.net /dead/JapanOlym.html (1143 words)

	KIAT.NET - Olympic Winter Games Snowboarding
		Surfers and skateboarders become involved, and by 1980, snowboarding was a nation-wide activity.
		The International Snowboarding Federation (ISF) was formed in 1990 to govern international competition and the International Ski Federation (FIS) followed suit in 1994, making snowboarding an officially sanctioned discipline eligible for the Olympic Games.
		Both halfpipe events were staged at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games, where the sport of snowboarding debuted.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/sports/winter/snowboarding.html (310 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Winter Olympics 2002 \| Snowboarding \| Boarder skirmish in Japan
		However, a day later the International Olympic Committee backtracked on its decision and a mightily-relieved Rebagliati was allowed to keep his medal.
		Competitive snowboarding grew out of a pastime that was as much a way of life for its early fans as a sport.
		The events were a big success, but Olympic snowboarders remain in a peculiar limbo.
	news.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/hi/english/snowboarding/newsid_1647000/1647106.stm (504 words)

	Spotlight Sport - Snowboarding
		In 1994, snowboarding was declared as an Olympic sport but it wasn’t until the 1998 Olympics that snowboarding event were held.There are two Olympic snowboard competitions: halfpipe and parallel giant slalom with both male and female events.
		Two-time alpine Olympic medalist Picabo Street of the U.S. is the resort's director of skiing.
		Snowboarding tips abound on this site which has detailed explanations about the sport, the people who love the sport and much more.
	www.edgate.com /wintergames/design/spotlight_sport/snwbd.htm (838 words)

	Snowboarding - Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympic Games coverage
		Snowboarding is precisely what its name implies: riding a board on snow.
		The ride to the 2002 Winter Games began Sunday for the U.S. snowboard freestyle team after a dramatic halfpipe contest that brought cheers, tears and perhaps a glimpse of big things to come.
		Snowboarding has a brief Olympic history, most of which revolves around whether its first gold medalist did or didn't inhale.
	deseretnews.com /oly/snbd/0,3998,02~09,00.html (169 words)

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