Snowboarding – Fun with Risk

Snowboarding – Fun with Risk: Developed in the United States Of America in the span 1960- 1970 and also becoming a Winter Olympic Sport in 1988, the winter sport, snowboarding is a fun sport that involves riding on snow with a snowboard attached to the feet using a special boot. The sport, snowboarding was inspired by many other sports namely skate boarding, skiing and other such sports.

Going deep in to the history of snowboarding we see that the credit for inventing snowboarding goes to Sherman Poppen who was an engineer by profession. The discovery took place when he invented a toy for his daughter’s birthday. The toy was a product of fastening two skis together and attaching a rope to one end to have some control over it. Named as the snurfer then the toy became so popular among everyone that he gave it a thought of manufacturing an item of that sort. In the 1970’s Poppen organized various snurfing competitions. Another gentleman, Jake Burton Carpenter founded Burton Snowboards which were used for snowboarding. The snowboards were made of wooden planks that were flexible. In that period very few picked up snowboarding because of the price of the equipments being very expensive.

Since snowboarding has been invented as a winter sport there have been various styles, having a unique technique. The styles include Free Riding, Freestyle, Free-Carve, and Jibbing.

Like all other winter sports, snowboarding also comes with some risk. Injuries are common with beginners who do not take professional training. Snowboarding is a very serious sport and if not performed carefully it can create havoc. The most important part of the body vulnerable to injury is the wrist and for this purpose wrist guards are provided for safety. Head injuries are also prevalent while performing snowboarding.