Snowboarding

winter sports · adventure · mountains · balance

Sideways stance. Snowboarders stand sideways on their board, not facing forward like skiers. This unique position lets riders carve turns smoothly down the mountain.

Feet are locked in. Your feet are secured to the snowboard using bindings, kind of like the boots in roller skates. This keeps you and your board moving together as one.

Racing down mountains. Snowboarding can be recreational fun or serious competition. Athletes race down slopes, do tricks in terrain parks, or compete in halfpipes at the Olympics.

Born in the 1960s. Snowboarding was invented relatively recently, in the 1960s, when someone had the idea to combine skateboarding and surfing techniques with snow.

Needs snow-covered slopes. You need mountains or ski resorts with snow to snowboard, which is why it's mainly a winter sport in cold, snowy places around the world.