1. WINTER OLYMPIC
Snowboarding

2. General History
Since 1896 the Olympic games have been held in Chamonix,St. Mortz, Lake Placid, Calgary, Ampezzo.
This year they are benign held in Vancouver .

3. Motto
The motto is Citius, Alius, Fortius. It is Hendiatris Latin for Swifter, Higher, and Stronger.

4. Olympic flame
That it was carried by boats and plane and it is lit three months before the Olympic games.

5. Olympic rings
The Olympic rings represent the five continents of the world,America ,Europe,Asia, and Australia

6. Snowboarding
Snowboarding made its Olympic debut at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games, at a time when the sport was still seeking some measure of global acceptance.
The equipment that would be a helmet nee pad,arm pads,and the snowboard and straps.

7. Snowboarding events
There are six snowboarding events on the 2010 Olympic program:
Men's halfpipe
Women's halfpipe
Men's parallel giant slalom
Women's parallel giant slalom
Men's snowboard cross
Women's snowboard cross

8. Seth Wescott In 2006, Seth Wescott solidified his
status as the world's preeminent
competitor in snowboarding's newest
Olympic event with a gold medal in
snowboard cross...When he's not
competing on the World Cup circuit, the pensive,
well-spoken veteran can be found making first
descents down treacherous Alaskan slopes, which
he has described as "total chaos"... The 33-year
old is making his second Olympic appearance in
Vancouver.

9. What I learned
I didn’t know what the motto was and the most fascinating thing was snowboarding.

10. The End
By: Adam Baum