| One fact that stands out about snowboarding is that | | | | as Tony Hawk. This could be why more youngsters |
| it is the fastest growing sport in the United States | | | | were participating in the sport at that time. |
| today. We all know that snowboarding has now been | | | | Only 27% of the snowboarding community was |
| incorporated into the Olympic Winter Games, but | | | | women. Now you see why snowboarding was |
| with each Olympic year, we see an increase in | | | | stereotyped as being a male sport. It was dominated |
| events and participants. There are now six events in | | | | by males and still is today; however, the percentage |
| the boarding games during the Olympics: three for | | | | of women participants is steadily increasing with time. |
| men and three for women. | | | | Snowboarding is great exercise. Boarding requires the |
| Snowboarders at one point were stereotyped as | | | | use of non-typical muscles, those that one usually |
| rebel young men because when the sport first | | | | does not use. You use your ankle and feet muscles |
| started out, it was young men who were making the | | | | for steering and for balance. You use your quadriceps |
| boards in their shop classes or in their garages. It | | | | and hamstrings to guide the motion of the board, |
| took young men who were daring and dedicated to | | | | starting or putting it into motion or stopping it. |
| make the sport as recognizable and popular as it is | | | | Abdominal muscles help to provide strength and |
| today. However, with time, things have changed. | | | | stability while snowboarding. Recreational boarding can |
| Now the sport is seeing participation from both | | | | allow you to burn 200-630 calories per hour of play. |
| genders and the females can be just as daring as the | | | | Competitive boarding can allow you to burn 560-1260 |
| males. | | | | calories per hour of competition depending on your |
| In 2004, 51% of snowboarders were between the | | | | age and weight. |
| ages of 7 and 17 and at that time there were more | | | | With each passing year, more and more facts and |
| than six million participants in the sport. If you think | | | | figures are being recorded about the sport of |
| about it, that's more than half of all snowboarders | | | | boarding. Because this is a fairly new sport, more and |
| who were all young. Who knows why the figures | | | | more things are being developed, tried and used. You |
| turned out this way; it could be because youngsters | | | | will see a different set of facts and figures being |
| like to try the next new thing and with the popularity | | | | created every year. However, the most popular and |
| of the sport increasing, youngsters were beginning to | | | | interesting snowboarding facts and trivia detail the |
| try it. With snowboarding having roots in | | | | creation and evolution of the fascinating sport of |
| skateboarding, again many youngsters are into | | | | snowboarding. |
| skateboarding with the rise of the video games such | | | | |