snowboarding

Snowboarding's early roots are blurry but it's generally accepted to have evolved from surfers and skateboarders looking to recreate their sports in a winter environment. Snowboarding maintained relatively unknown to most of America until the 1997 ESPN Winter X Games brought national attention to what the top athletes were able to accomplish on their snowboards. The following year's Olympics in Nagano, Japan would be snowboarding's coming out party to the world.

Today's top snowboard personalities, such as Shaun White, are highly sought after brands, walking a fine line between business savvy and sellout. Snowboarding now influences all aspects of modern youth culture, from music to clothing to video games and are looked up to by kids and adults for their on and off snow exploits.

As it's primarily a winter sport the blogosphere's attention to snowboarding has a strong seasonal bias.  In late winter and early spring blogs light up with sneak previews and catalog scans of the following season's new snowboard gear and accessories. 

Summer is a relatively quiet period, with the bulk of the infrequent posts coming from film crews in the Southern Hemisphere and year round backcountry snowboarders. The blogosphere starts to buzz again as the long summer days turn to cool fall nights and the snow begins to fall once again.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “snowboarding”

• in Outdoor
  Snowboarding versus Golf
  Discussing the cost of golf and snowboarding; determining the value of each.
  by bigjuice / on Aug 19, 2010
• in Lifestyle
  Hannah Teter's Charity Set up for Long-term Good
  Olympic champion snowboarder Hannah Teter has set her charity up to prosper well into the future
  by toddwrightnow / on Feb 25, 2010
• in Olympics
  Great Day For U.S.A, Three Golden Olympians
  A golden day for the U.S. Olympic team, as they take home 3 golds, a silver, and two bronzes. And memories, oh so many memories.
  by dmdo / on Feb 18, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “snowboarding”

 

• Nike Snowboarding – Winter Chosen Recap Ep. 3

  
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  The Nike Chosen Crew Video Contest has been exploding with creative edits and proper riding. This second re-cap features TPT out of Finland, 4Reel from the US and the Minioia crew based in Italy. These crews have been noticed and are on track to being the top crews sent to Austria. You got what it
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• Washington Snowboarding Mountain

  
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  Crystal Mountain Resort – December 1, 2011 100 Classic Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Routes in Washington$15.18More than 100 routes & tours for intermediate to advanced alpine & Nordic skiers. Includes maps, access, elevations, duration & much more!…Backcountry Ski! Washington: The Best Trails and ...
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• Snowboarding N64

  
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  1080 snowboarding n64 | Unboxing gameplay | Commentary & The Walking Dead vol 14 Snowboarding (World of Sports (Smart Apple Media))$8.98Describes the history, equipment, and techniques of snowboarding….Nintendo 64 racing games: Mario Kart 64, Carmageddon, F-Zero X, 1080° Snowboarding, Diddy Kong Racing, ...
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• An Important But Forgotten Piece Of Snowboard Gear – The Lock

  
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  Today’s blog is simple: Lock. Your. Snowboard. Snowboards are one of the easiest things to steal, but most people never lock their snowboard. Google ‘stolen snowboard’ and see thousands upon thousands of people trying to find their stolen snowboards. It happens a lot. Major resorts are huge centres for ...
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• Mount Holly Snowboarding Michigan

  
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• Why should we buy snowboard offers?

  
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  Snowboard packages are extremely critical and form of an assist for anyone who will be carrying out their very first investment decision in snowboarding. Mastering snowboard to the very first time will not be an easy undertaking. You could possibly break some snowboards, tear a couple of gears and many far more other ...
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• Triple-cork showdown in Winter X Games Big Air

  
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  Eric Lutzens, The Denver Post Torstein Horgmo flies during the Snowboard Big Air Final at the Winter X Games at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen on Friday, Jan. 27, 2011. Last year Norwegian snowboarder Torstein Horgmo uncorked the first-ever triple backflip spinning trick to earn gold in Winter X’s Big Air. This ...
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• Travis Rice Signs With Union Binding Company

  
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  Marking his third new sponsorship announcement in as many days, Travis Rice officially has a binding backing him—Union Binding Company.
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• ‘Chuckbuddies’ aka The Coolest Snowboard Toy Ever (and where to buy it)

  
  Snomie - Snow Travel Tips, How-To's & Interview — Authority: 110
  A little while back the video above went viral in the snowboard world. It was appearing on many of our Facebook feeds and many of us who watched it wanted to buy a ‘Chuckbuddies’. Unfortunately, if you, like myself, searched for a place to buy Chuckbuddies, it seemed that we could only find it for sale on some ...
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• Volcom New Era’s @Tactics

  
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  Volcom steps up to the plate with four new lively collaborative New Era’s this season. You can always count on seeing their Full Stone 59Fifty make an appearance and this time it’s landed in two colorways. The Choice 9Fifty snapback is available in grey/teal/black or white/powder/black. Head over to Tactics ...
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• Snowboarding Snowboards

  
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  2011 K2 WWW Wide Snowboard Review DryGuy Wide-Body Boot and Glove Dryer$79.95Features include:DryComfort Forced Air Technology, 4 extra tall air chambersthat dries 4 garments simultaneously and kills odors.Heats to 99? F – will not harm any liners or garments….Sport Posters: Snowboarder – Snowboarder Poster – ...
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• Snowboarding Hero 2

  
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  Description The #1 Worldwide trending game is back with a new image. Complete the game to get a free-stylish and unknow snowboarding trick Instructions
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• Get them young. Keep them young. Bring them fun. Chuck it!

  
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  Chuckbuddies, the brainchild of industry vet Rasmus Ostergaard, is launching its line of shred-inspired toys at SIA this week with a line-up featuring of pro models from Terje to Jamie Lynn to Torstein and Lago. We caught up with Ostergaard, the former CEO of Europes Method Magazine to learn more about crossing the ...
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• Torstein Horgmo interview

  
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  Its early April in the small French resort of Les Houches . A shadowy figure, whose face is concealed by gold iridium goggles and a black doo-rag, is lapping the giant kicker on the sun-baked slopes of the DC Area 43 snow park . On every hit, he shoots up terrifyingly high, throws out a complex spin/flip variation, ...
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• Cedar Snowpass Park, Cedarville, CA

  
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  Cedar Snowpass Park is located in: Cedarville, CA Phone: (530) 233-3323 Website: http://www.cedarpasssnowpark.com/ About the Resort: This is a well kept secret in the Cedarville area, and one of the nicest resorts weve been to in some time. The park is actually community owned and staffed entirely by ...
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• Absinthe Films Snowboarding

  
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  Absinthe Films presents Flipside Part 3 – TransWorld SNOWboarding Nowhere Snowboard Blu-Ray DVD by Absinthe Films$24.45…Lines$4.99…Neverland$14.95Imagine a mountain magically appearing out of thin air. That’s what Neverland, a snowboard DVD, is all about. Imagination and following your dreams. Neveland ...
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• UK Morning Show Daybreak

  
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  UK Morning Show Daybreak This video was shot in Aspen last December by a crew from the UK, with a morning show called Daybreak. They caught us at Party for Life at the Sky Hotel on December 9 as well as for the 6pm start of Summit for Life the following night. From: chrisklugfoundation Views: 0 ...
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• Gold Medals Snowboarding

  
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• Bush At Bear | Pt.2

  
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  Brandon Hobush laps the park at Bear Mtn early January 2012 with cameos from Chris Bradshaw , Justin Mulford and Jordan Smalls.
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• Hoodoo Locals Nab Snowboard Thief

  
  Boardistan — Authority: 122
  When Bend Oregon’s Terry Grigsby, 31, was spotted allegedly trying to grab a snowboard (and four sets of skis) from racks out front of the lodge at Hoodoo Resort in Sisters, Oregon some bystanders said, no way, according to a story on KPTV.com. Before Grigsby could make off with the gear, bystanders and Hoodoo ...
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