With the other sports than the Olympic Games, snowboarding is not too long history. However, it is very much hope that the International Olympic Committee into the Olympic competition in the project, particularly on the camera because it can attract young viewers.

* Snowboarding movement has developed rapidly *

Snowboarding is the creation of the 1960s in the United States, the sport could be the development of young people because it is very attractive. Young people like his legs had to stand in single board on the campaign, such as surfing and skateboarding and other sports. The first Snowboarding World Championships in 1983 in California at Lake Tahoe. By 1987, a World Cup Snowboarding Tour, the competition sites include North America and Europe. 1990, from athletes to manage the organization of international Snowboarding Union was born. Research in Olympic history writer David.told reporters that the rapid development of the sport, the International Olympic Committee is aware of this situation.

* 1998 * into the Olympic Games projects

He said: "The International Olympic Committee to take specific action to attract young people to the movement and the items that they found the smooth progress of the summer Olympic Games, Olympics and the rate of television watching has problems, especially among young people. Therefore, in 1998 into the snowboarding events. They have even bypassed the normal reporting procedures, because they too want this added to the project. "explained that in 1998 a curling Olympic sports, curling and have six performances as a display of items to attend games, and strict observance of the International Olympic Committee on the new projects and all of the requirements. However, snowboarding and even join the Winter Olympics have not made the application.said: "The International Olympic Committee hopes to Snowboarding immediately into the game. To this end, the International Ski Union is greatly threatened, because they see that in the resort on the slopes of people participated in skiing, the number of Has been stagnant, and those who practice Snowboarding has rapidly increased, so skiing feel threatened by the International Olympic Committee with the International Ski Union reached an agreement and their thinking is, let Snowboarding join, but Let ski Union to manage the campaign. In other words, the Union Tikai Snowboarding, Snowboarding become an international ski a branch of the Union. "

Snowboarding and curling together in the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics, officially entered the Olympic competition. At that time, adding the two Olympic snowboarding projects are: U-type venues snow skills and the Rotary Double parallel. And the Turin Olympics has added a project: Snowboarding four chasing. In this project, the participants in a similar cross-country skiing venue, the special chase through the steep slopes, obstacles, and even tilting the road turns.

* Snowboarding strengths for the United States *

The project has been the first gold medal on Thursday produced, is the winner of the U.S. athletes Seth. Weisikete. Silver and bronze medals were Slovakia and France won the Sports Centre. Friday, a woman Snowboarding chase in the final four. U.S. athletes in Turin was the first nine medals out of five in snowboarding in the get. U.S. coach Bard. Keane said that the U.S. Snowboarding athletes have many, many candidates can be screened from the Olympic athletes. He said: "This is a very American-style campaign. Snowboarding has always been our long items, we will continue to maintain this advantage. The United States is independent from those who like to act in accordance with their own people and the establishment of the pioneers. To continue this tradition today, but also in snowboarding on. "

* Softball from the Olympic baseball competition in 2012 *

On the favorite Snowboarding rapidly spread to different parts of the world where there are snow-covered areas, therefore, is the United States with the movement of different baseball and softball, snowboarding in the foreseeable future, as the Winter Olympics will continue to retain the item entries Continue. In sharp contrast, the International Olympic Committee has decided, from 2012 onwards, softball and baseball as the summer Olympic Games will no longer participate in the competition of the project.