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History of Snowboarding When Sherman Poppen strapped a couple of skis together and created the first snowboard for his daughters back in 1965, few knew it would take off like gangbusters. It started simply with an experiment on a sand dune near Lake Michigan. His wife named the intervention a snurfer after combining the words snow and surfer. Since then, snowboarding has become a major sport. In fact, it is now an Olympic event. We are a society that take sports, especially outdoor sports, very

Sports has integrated itself into the process of globalization, a common trend that assists in bringing everyone together. It calls for the gathering of different cultures to destroy language and religion barriers to cheer on their favorite teams. The 2014 FIFA World Cup, hosted in Brazil, called for over thirty two countries to come out and broadcast their support through singing and cheering. Sporting events forces you to come into contact with people of many cultures in which you wouldn’t have

Every two years we crowd around our televisions for a month, watching the greatest athletes in the world compete to see who is the best. During this time our lives revolve around the games and the athletes competing in them. Thousands of years ago, from 8th century BC to 4th century AD, the Olympics were held in Olympia,Greece. Any person could compete in these, as long as you were a free, male, Greek citizen. Married women weren't even allowed to watch the games, but unmarried could. These games

Throughout the lives of many few accomplish their dreams, but the few who do are recognized and glorified for such big accomplishments. Michael Phelps is an accomplished athlete who has won the most medals than any other Olympian. Phelps has a hatred for losing which compels him to train harder so that he may win every race. His success as a swimmer encourages fans and other athletes to wonder if Phelps had any doubts, fears or setbacks, on his road to success. To accomplish dreams you have to be

Brazil won the bid to host the 2016 summer Olympics games in October 2009 the nation felt proud, but it comes with huge price tag and responsibilities even though they once hosted FIFA World Cup in 2014. Brazil believes and hopes after the Olympics citizens will benefit from the project. The Rio 2016 Olympics have been a media controversy since last year. The world is waiting to see what happens in Rio the most current significant event starting on August 5th, 2016 with the countdown all over the

The great equestrian sport is once again protagonist in Fieracavalli. The halls of the fair will turn into a big race field where 1600 riders, engaged in 16 different competitions, will compete against each other to win a prize pool of over 700 thousand euros. Now, in its 118th edition, Fieracavalli in Verona attracts thousands of visitors from all over Italy but also many from abroad. The international horse festival is an event that should not be missed: in fact, it is also a great showcase for

As a competitive athlete raised to compete, I have only dreamed of the Olympic Games. I have admired those athletes my whole life and yet still am aspiring to be one. Though the chances of becoming an Olympic athlete are slim I cannot give up trying. Every four years millions of people are engrossed in the Olympic Games. The Olympics first began on April 6th, 1896, but back then there were few similarities with the modern day Olympics. With a small crowd cheering on only a few sports and all male

The Winter Olympic sport I will be writing about is Aerials. It is a sport when you do stunts in the air such as flips and twists. There are 6 U.S.A people competing in this sport. Aerials consist of a skier doing flips and spins. They can use rails and boxes during their stunts. Areislista ski off 2-4 meter jumps that are very altitudinous. Ordinarily, they propel them up to 6 meters in the air. In the air, they will perform flips and twists before landing. They train in a pool during the summer

infrastructures of various cities and countries. The USA has appeared in more than 24 Olympics so far and has a great history of winning more than 2500 medals. In the last few decades, they have organized four editions of Summer Olympics and four editions of winter Olympics. It is an impressive record of accomplishment for any country in this international sporting arena. A current study is an approach to studying the impacts of Olympics in American sports culture. How it evolved under the spirit of Olympic

One of the most significant introductions to technology in sport over recent years was during the London 2012 Olympics last Summer. The Olympics is the worlds largest sporting event and requires state of the art technology to ensure that accurate readings are taken in each event and all athletes are provided with the ability to perform at their very best. The best example of this is probably in the London 2012 athletics track which uses cutting edge technology designed by Monodo, an Italian company