SNOWBOARDING
Now that we have learned
about Norway, we can focus on this specific sport.
A sport which demands discipline, courage and passion.
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Snowboarding, like its surfing and
skateboarding ancestry, is as much
a lifestyle and culture as it is a popular sport. Its popularity is attributed to
a freedom of expression rarely enjoyed by many mainstream sports.
Snowboarding can be enjoyed recreationally (for fun), with around 2
million people in the UK travelling to
winter playgrounds every year, or
competitively at both amateur and
professional levels.
It may not come as news that skiing
was initially devised as a method for
travelling across snowy plains and
not for cranking huge powder turns
in the name of fun. It may, however,
surprise you to learn that examples
of rock carvings discovered in the
Arctic rim, depict men standing on
what appear to be very long skis,
and date back as long as 5000 years
ago... yep, Stone-age rippers!