10 Interesting Fact About Snowboarding

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• Snowboarding is a sport that is done on the slide board on the snow.
• Indonesia has no snow, so snowboarding cannot be done naturally in this country.
• However, there are indoor sports arenas such as Snowbay and Snow World which provide artificial snowboarding experiences.
• Snowboarding was first popularized by Jake Burton Carpenter in 1977.
• Snowboarding boards are first made of wood and then evolved into lighter and stronger materials such as fiberglass and carbon.
• Snowboarding including extreme sports that require high technical and physical expertise.
• There are various types of snowboarding that can be done, including freestyle, alpine, and backcountry.
• Snowboarding became an official sport at the Winter Olympics in 1998.
• Some famous snowboarding athletes including Shaun White, Chloe Kim, and Lindsey Jacobellis.
• Snowboarding can provide health benefits such as increasing balance, muscle strength, and heart and lung health.