History of Snowboarding

Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Sport - Sport History, grade: 2, 0, Hochschule für Gesundheit und Sport, Ismaning, language: English, abstract: In the last years snowboarding experienced an upswing with impressive developments like only a few other sports did. Snowboarding is carried out in most winter sport areas around the world.
The aim of this essay is to look at snowboarding from a historical and cultural point of view.
The developments of snowboarding are presented in different phases. Firstly the formation in the United States and secondly the development in Europe are characterised. Thereafter there is a description of the cultural development, which shows how snowboarding goes mainstream.
In the conclusion of this essay the most important happenings during the history of snowboarding are summarised.