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Snowboards are boards, which resemble a wide ski, with the ability to glide on snow. Users of such equipment may be referred to as snowboarders. Commercial snowboards generally require extra equipment such as bindings and special boots which help...
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| 2002 Winter Olympics | XIX Olympic Winter Games |
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIX Olympic Winter Games were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The motto chosen was Light The Fire Within.
Salt Lake...
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Shredding |
Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set into a flexible mounted binding. The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding,...
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| Ross Powers |
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Ross G. Powers |
Ross Powers (born February 10, 1979) is an American world champion halfpipe snowboarder from Peru, Vermont. His home mountain is Okemo, located in Vermont. Ross helps with the design of the Superpipe and also helped design the RossCross Family...
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| Jarret Thomas |
Jarret Thomas is a snowboarder who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics and took Bronze in the men's halfpipe competition. Along with Ross Powers and Danny Kass, the trio completed the first sweep for the United States since 1956. He lives in Golden...
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XX Olympic Winter Games |
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic...
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| 1998 Winter Olympics | XVIII Olympic Winter Games |
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1998 in Nagano, Japan. These Games marked the return of the Winter Olympics to Japan since the 1972 Winter Olympics...
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| Snowboard Cross |
Boardercross (also Boarder-X or BX - and occasionally referred to as Snowboard Cross) is a snowboard competition in which a group of racers (usually four) start simultaneously atop an inclined course, then attempt to reach finish line at the end of...
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A boot is a type of footwear that covers the foot and the ankle and extends up the leg, sometimes as far as the knee or even the hip. Most boots have a heel that is clearly distinguishable from the rest of the sole, even if the two are made of one...
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A half-pipe is a structure used in gravity extreme sports such as snowboarding, skateboarding, skiing, freestyle BMX and inline skating. The structure is usually wood, although sometimes the surface is made of another material such as concrete,...
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| Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding |
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Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding is an Xbox exclusive snowboarding video game.
Released during the Xbox's launch, Amped is a snowboarding game focused on the tricks, instead of the racing style of play given by Electronic Art's SSX which launched with...
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| Ross Rebagliati |
Ross Rebagliati (born July 14, 1971) is a Canadian professional snowboarder.
Rebagliati was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He turned pro in 1991. He was the first ever to win an Olympic gold medal for this sport at the 1998 Winter Olympics....
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| Shaun White |
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Shaun Roger White (born September 3, 1986 in Carlsbad, California) has been a notable competitor in professional snowboarding since he was 9 years old, but is also known for being a professional skateboarder as well. He was born with Tetralogy of...
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| Craig Kelly |
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Craig Kelly (1 April 1966 - 20 January 2003) was a professional snowboarder. He attended the University of Washington where he was a member of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity and studied Chemical Engineering. Kelly is known as the 'Godfather of...
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| Gretchen Bleiler |
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Gretchen Bleiler (born on April 10, 1981 in Toledo, Ohio ) is a professional halfpipe snowboarder. She currently resides in Aspen, Colorado and is 5’5”.
Bleiler aspired to compete in the Winter X Games from a very young age, and found her passion in...
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| Chris Klug |
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Chris Klug (born November 18, 1972) is a professional alpine snowboarder. After receiving a liver transplant in 2000 to treat Primary sclerosing cholangitis, he went on to compete in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. This was the first and...
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SSX (Snowboard Supercross) is the first in a series of snowboarding video games published by EA Sports BIG. It was the first game to be published under the brand, which specializes in extreme sports titles with an unrealistic or arcade feel. As such...
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SSX 3 is a snowboarding video game published by Electronic Arts and developed by EA Sports BIG, which was released in late 2003. It is the third installment in the SSX series, and is THX approved.
As in previous SSX titles, players choose one of...
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| Snowboard Kids |
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Snowboard Kids, originally released in Japan as Snobow Kids (スノボキッズ), is a snowboarding video game for the Nintendo 64. It was developed by Racdym and published by Atlus. The game features 10-year-old children (excluding Linda, who is 11) who...
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| SSX on Tour |
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SSX on Tour is a snowboarding video game, the fourth title in the SSX series of video games for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, PSP and Xbox. The game was developed under the working title SSX 4. It was released in North America on October 11, 2005 and...
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| Antti Autti |
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Antti-Matias Antero Autti (born March 15, 1985 in Rovaniemi, Finland) is a Finnish snowboarding star who shot to fame when he defeated big-name talents Danny Kass, Andy Finch, and Shaun White in the Men's Superpipe at the 2005 Winter X Games to...
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Amped 2 is a sequel to Microsoft's snowboarding game Amped, which was an Xbox launch title. The game was introduced as part of the XSN Sports lineup, which included such games as NFL Fever, Top Spin and Rallisport Challenge.
The career mode in Amped...
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| SSX Tricky |
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SSX Tricky is a snowboarding video game, the second game in the SSX series published by EA Sports BIG & developed by EA Canada. In SSX, players choose one of several varied characters, participate in races or trick competitions, and earn rewards....
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| Freeriding |
Freeriding (also known as Freeride) is a discipline of snowboarding.
The term "Freeriding" was coined when early snowboarders chose to break away from what they considered to be the restrictive confines of traditional ski culture and competition....
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| The Arctic Challenge |
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The Arctic Challenge is a snowboarding contest arranged for and by the riders themselves. It was started by Norwegian professional snowboarders Daniel Franck and Terje Haakonsen. The contest was established as an alternative to the former...
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| SBK: Snowboard Kids |
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SBK: Snowboard Kids, released in Japan as Snowboard Kids Party (スノボキッズパーティー, sunobo kizzu pātī), is a snowboarding video game for the Nintendo DS released on November 22, 2005 in North America. It is the fourth in the Snowboard Kids series following...
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| Torah Bright |
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Torah Jane Bright |
Torah Jane Bright (born December 27, 1986, Cooma, Australia) is an Australian snowboarder. She turned pro at age 14 and finished fifth in snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, representing Australia. She trains in Salt Lake City,...
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| Amped 3 |
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Amped 3 is a snowboarding game, the third installment of the Amped sports game franchise, developed by Indie Built/2K Sports. It expands on previous versions of the Xbox exclusive games by featuring larger levels, customizable terrains, a 300 song...
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| Jonatan Johansson |
Jonatan Lillebror Johansson (born 16 August 1975, in Stockholm) is a Finnish footballer who plays for St. Johnstone in the Scottish Premier League. He plays in the position of a striker and is a regular in the Finnish national team.
Johansson was...
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Snowboard Kids 2, released in Japan as Super Snobow Kids (超スノボキッズ, chō sunobo kizzu; スノボ is a shortening of スノボード), is a snowboarding video game, actually the third game in the Snowboard Kids series (Snowboard Kids Plus, a Japan-only Playstation...
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| Alpine snowboarding |
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Alpine snowboarding is a small niche of the sport of snowboarding. It is typically practised with hard plastic shelled boots called "hardboots" and carving or race-oriented snowboards. Loosely, it is the pursuit of snowboarding mostly on the ground,...
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| Mount Baker Hard Core |
The original Mount Baker Hard Core (MBHC) consisted of Craig Kelly, Jeff Fulton and Dan Donnelly, whom were a tight squad of snowboarders coming from Mt. Vernon, Washington, also included Eric Swanson, Swany, Eric Janko, Carter Turk, and eventually...
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| Snowboard Kids Plus |
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Snowboard Kids Plus" (スノボキッズプラス, sunobo kizzu purasu; スノボ is a shortening of スノボード), is a snowboarding video game, the second game in the Snowboard Kids series; it's the only one made for the PlayStation console as well as the only one not released...
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| Jeff Batchelor |
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Jeffrey Batchelor |
Jeffrey Batchelor (born on April 29, 1988) is a Canadian amateur Snowboarder who currently competes in snowboard competitions both nationally and internationally. Batchelor is a member of the Canadian National Halfpipe Team. He is currently in the...
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| Daniel Franck |
Daniel Franck (born December 9, 1974) is a Norwegian snowboarder. He won the silver medal in the men's halfpipe in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. He also participated in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is also known...
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| Stine Brun Kjeldaas |
Stine Brun Kjeldaas (born April 23, 1975) is a snowboarder from Kongsberg, Norway, now living in Oslo. She won a silver medal in the half-pipe at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, and also participated in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt...
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| Kjersti Buaas |
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Kjersti Østgaard Buaas (born January 5, 1982) is a Norwegian snowboarder from Trondheim. She placed 4th in women's half-pipe at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. She received a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in women's half...
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| Kim Christiansen |
Kim Christiansen (born May 8, 1976) is a Norwegian snowboarder. He grew up in Drammen. He started his professional career in 1991 at age 16 when he became sponsored by Quicksliver and he retired from professional snowboarding in 2006. Other sponsors...
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| Chill |
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Chill is a PlayStation snowboarding video game published by Eidos Interactive in 1998 and developed by Silicon Dreams. The game was designed by Jez Sherlock.
It features fifty tracks spread over five mountains.
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| Alexis Roland-Manuel |
Alexis Roland-Manuel (22 March 1891 – 2 November 1966) was a French composer and critic, though he is remembered mainly for his work in the latter area.
He was born Roland Alexis Manuel Lévy in Paris, to a family of Belgian and Jewish origins. He...
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| Kelly Clark |
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Kelly Clark (born July 26, 1983) is a snowboarder born in Burlington, Vermont. She has been snowboarding since she was 8 years old, and began competing in 1999. She became a member of the US Snowboard team in 2000, and later won a gold medal in the...
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| Todd Richards |
Todd Richards (born December 28, 1969) is a snowboarder from Paxton, Massachusetts. In the 1997–98 season, he won five out of the seven halfpipe competitions he entered. Todd pioneered the snowboard trick "the wet cat." He won a Silver Medal in 1997...
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| Philipp Schoch |
Philipp Schoch (born 10 October 1979) is a Swiss snowboarder.
In Snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics, Schoch won gold in Men's Parallel Giant Slalom.
At the 2006 Winter Olympics, he faced his brother Simon Schoch in the Parallel Giant Slalom...
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| Gian Simmen |
Gian Simmen (born 19 February 1977) is a Swiss snowboarder.
In Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics, Simmen won Gold in Men's Halfpipe. He attended the 1998, 2002, and the 2006 Olympics Winter games.
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| Ueli Kestenholz |
Ueli Kestenholz (born 10 May 1975) is a Swiss snowboarder and Speedriding pioneer.
Kestenholz was Snowboard World Champion in 2000 and 2001. He won the first ever Olympic Medal in Snowboarding: Bronze at the 1998 Winter Olympics (Giant Slalom). He's...
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| Gilles Jaquet |
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Gilles Jaquet (born 16 June 1974 in La Chaux-de-Fonds) is a Swiss snowboarder.
Jaquet has competed since 1995 and was World Champion in 2001 (Giant Slalom) and 2002.
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| Olivia Nobs |
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Olivia Nobs (born 18 November 1982) is a Swiss snowboarder. Oliva Nobs became vice-world champion in snowboard cross at the Snowboard World Championships 2009 in South Korea
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| Mellie Francon |
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Mellie Francon (born 24 January 1982) is a Swiss snowboarder.
Francon is Swiss Champion 2005 in snowboard cross. On January 5, 2006, she won the World Cup competition at Bad Gastein.
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| Daniela Meuli |
Daniela Meuli (born 6 November 1981) is a Swiss snowboarder.
Meuli is World Champion 2005 in parallel slalom. In the World Cup in Parallel Giant Slalom, she ranked 1st for 2003/2004, 2004/2005 and the current season (as of 11 February 2006).
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| Ursula Bruhin |
Ursula Bruhin (born 19 March 1970) is a Swiss snowboarder, World Champion in Parallel Giant Slalom in 2001 and 2003.
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| Cheryl Maas |
Cheryl Maas (born September 28, 1984 in Uden, Noord-Brabant) is a Dutch snowboarder, who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, finishing 11th at the halfpipe in which she is specialised. She started snowboarding in 1993. In 2004 she played...
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| Manuela Pesko |
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Manuela Laura Pesko (born 18 September 1978) is a Swiss snowboarder.
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| Chikako Fushimi |
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Chikako Fushimi (伏見 知何子, Fushimi Chikako) (born 21 June 1974) is a Japanese snowboarder. Born in Osaka Prefecture, her career-high has so far been a 3rd place finish in the 2005 Nokia Snowboard FIS World Cup held in Canada.
She competed in the Women...
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| Hannah Teter |
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Hannah Teter (born January 27, 1987) is a female snowboarder from Belmont, Vermont, in the United States, known for her consistent and technical riding in the halfpipe. She won a gold medal in the women's halfpipe competition at the 2006 Winter...
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| Alexa Loo |
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Alexa Loo (born on October 6, 1972 in Richmond, British Columbia) is a Canadian snowboarder of Chinese-Canadian descent. The Richmond, British Columbia native's major event is the parallel giant slalom.
"I feel great, everything fell into place...
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| Dominique Maltais |
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Dominique Maltais (born November 9, 1980) is a Canadian snowboarder. Born in Charlevoix, Quebec, her specialty is Snowboard Cross.
Maltais started competing in 2002, and won the Canadian Championship in 2003 and again in 2004. Internationally, she...
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| Tanja Frieden |
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Tanja Frieden (born 6 February 1976 in Berne) is a Swiss snowboarder. She won a gold medal in the inaugural Snowboard Cross competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
In the Snowboard Cross finals at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Frieden was in second...
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| Maelle Ricker |
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Maelle Danica Ricker |
Maëlle Danica Ricker (born on December 2, 1978 in Whistler, British Columbia) is a Canadian athlete who placed 4th in the Women's Snowboard Cross event at the 2006 Winter Olympics, an event best remembered for the crash of American boarder Lindsey...
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| Seth Wescott |
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Seth Wescott (born June 28, 1976 in Durham, North Carolina) is an American snowboarder. Wescott lives near Farmington, Maine and has trained in the mountains near Cordova, Alaska at times, along with Sugarloaf, in Maine. He began skiing at age eight...
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| Lindsey Jacobellis |
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Lindsey Jacobellis (born August 19, 1985 in Danbury, Connecticut) is an American snowboarder from Stratton, Vermont.
Jacobellis is one of the most decorated and successful women's snowboarders currently active in the world today. At the 2006 Winter...
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