Snowboarding: One Board on Snow

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Text to type: Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive sport. A rider goes down a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard. The snowboard is the single board under the rider’s feet. Snowboarding is different from skiing. A skier uses two separate skis and usually faces forward. A snowboarder stands sideways on one board. Both feet are fixed to that board. One board and a sideways body position are important parts of snowboarding.

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Text to type: Modern snowboarding equipment usually has three main things. These are a snowboard, special boots, and bindings. Bindings are the parts that lock the boots to the board. Snowboard bindings are not made to open automatically during a fall. Ski bindings can open. The locked snowboard is connected to a lower risk of knee injuries than skiing. On the source page, 15% of snowboard injuries are knee injuries. For skiing, 45% of all injuries are knee injuries.

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Text to type: A snowboarder can put either foot first on the board. The word stance means the way the rider stands. In a regular stance, the left foot is first. In a goofy stance, the right foot is first. Both feet still stay fixed to the same snowboard. The difference is only which foot comes first. In both stances, the rider stands sideways. This is different from the usual forward-facing position in skiing.

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Text to type: Snowboarding was first developed in the United States in 1965. In Muskegon, Michigan, Sherman Poppen fastened two skis together. He also added a rope. His wife, Nancy, named the snow toy the snurfer. The snurfer was an early snow toy made from two joined skis. It became popular. More than half a million snurfers were sold in 1966 alone. A manufacturer sold about one million of them during the next ten years.

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Text to type: The sport continued to develop after the snurfer. In 1977, Jake Burton Carpenter started Burton Snowboards in Londonderry, Vermont. It was a company for snowboards. Snowboarding later became part of a large international sports event. It has been in the Winter Olympic Games since 1998. Today, it can still be recreational, which means people do it for enjoyment. It can also be competitive, with riders taking part in sports events.

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Text to type: Niseko United is a real place for skiing and snowboarding in Japan. It has four resorts on one mountain, Niseko Annupuri. The mountain is 1,308 meters high and is 100 kilometers south of Sapporo. Its snow has a clear source, change, and result. Seasonal winds come from the Eurasian continent. They pick up moisture over warm currents in the Sea of Japan. This forms snow clouds. The resort page says the result is very dry, light powder. Riders of all abilities can use fresh powder or smooth, prepared runs there.

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