Snow-boarding is a sport that’s loosely described as “surfing” in the snow and can be dated right back to the 1960s in its earliest development, when it is a much cruder sport with really elementary gear. Nevertheless when snow-boarding made its debut at the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Japan, it became one of the speediest growing sports in the US. Snow boarding now holds the interest of over 7,000,000 participators in the U.S. Alone, and many skiers and boarders have crossed over to this no longer crude intense sport. After snow boarding debuted in the 1998 Olympic Games with 2 events, it returned in the 2002 and 2006 Olympics. [Read more...]
Bobsledding
May 14, 2011 By
Bobsledding has developed fantastically since early daredevils bartered precarious, altered wooden sleds down icy runs in Europe. The style of this transport is the bob-sleigh, or as it is referred to outside the US and Canada, the bobsleigh. Bobsledding became popular in the mid 1800s with the 1st half pipe track built in St. Moritz, Switzerland by Caspar Badrutt, owner of the Krup Hotel. [Read more...]
Alpine Skiing
May 8, 2011 By
Alpine skiing is a winter sport which involves skiing down snow-covered hills and mountains. The game has been about since the mid-1800s, even though it significantly increased in appreciation when ski lifts to carry skiers to the head of mountains were developed. [Read more...]