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Introduction Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set onto mounted binding. In the 1960s and the 1970s and became a Winter Olympic Sport in 1998 Skiing is a group of sports using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding.

Snowboard ORIGINS Although it is difficult to say exactly what the origin of snowboarding, it is customary to fix it in 1965 when Sherman Poppen engineer built the first Snurfer for his daughter in Muskegon, Míchigan.Se was a wooden table without grabbing for the feet and a rope on the front that helped maintain the balance. Brunswik Company decided to develop and sell the Snurfer and this was a relative hit in the 60s and 70s. There are different types of snowboard:

MODALITIES Freeride: This modal is practised in a extreme places. There are different types of snowboard: Freestyle: Consist in do tricks and here there are some types of styles: Half-pipe: Slopestyle: Big Air: Jibbing: Quarterpipe: Freeride: This modal is practised in a extreme places. Race: The most important is go down as faster as you can.

Skiing In Skiing Competition there are different competitions: Descent: Is the most important and large competition. Super-G: The most important of this activity is the speed. Giant Slalom: Here the most important is the technique and the speed control Slalom: Is the shortest prove and the winner is the faster person.

Famous riders Shaun White: Shaun Palmer:

Our opinion In our opinion this types of sports are very good sports. We practice those modals sports and we animate to practice it because there are a good experience in snow to pass a great day.