There I lay in the powdery snow. Freezing. Drenched. Alone. I gazed upon the clouded sky. Massive snowflakes fell all around me. I laid there for what seemed like hours. It had been a long day of sledding. Everyone was tired and wet. “Okay. Everyone can go one last time.” my dad told us. I was glad though because the wind was howling and it was a toe numbing kind of cold. I stood watching my brothers racing down the hill.The wind was blowing even harder and snow was kicking up[. I put the goggles
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Burton Snowboards: Building a Sport California State University‚ Los Angeles Principals of Marketing: MKT 500 Dr. Iksuk Kim Fall Quarter 2007 Arredondo‚ Belen Enriquez-Marquez‚ Martin Fuentes‚ William Hung‚ Sheng Hsiung Wei‚ Dan 1) The environmental forces influencing the snowboarding industry are: Social: Winter Sports declining  Alpine Skiers 1993 10.6 million 4.6% USA  Alpine Skiers 2003 6.3 million 2.6% USA Demographics 80% participants were under
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During a particular recess in third grade‚ it had started snowing. It had been snowing on and off for the past 24 hours. The kids would put on their snow pants and boots and carefully head outside as it was icy in many places. Many would rush to a side of the playground‚ where someone had an idea to make something even more fun. We had something that was commonly known as the monster slide‚ as the opening had a design as a dragon’s mouth. The idea would make sliding down a lot faster‚ and a lot faster
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Skating Happy Valley‚ OR From giant‚ steep‚ and scenic hills to going fast down any steep slope within the valley. The sensations from going fast down a hill with only you and your board is an indescribable feeling. To some it may seem as little as a hobby or something to do to pass the time. Yet to me it’s a feeling like no other. As intense as it seems‚ 35mph+ is relaxing more so than anyone but a skater could fully understand. The rush yet soothing feeling of windy blasting against my face‚ the
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Is It Snow Boarding or Gymnastics? Introduction Since the 1960s‚ snowboarding has been growing by leaps and bounds (Turnbull‚ Keogah and Kilding). At the moment‚ it is one of the fastest growing sports. Itsinclusion as a Winter Olympics sport is credited with the growth. As one of the most popular sporting events in the world‚ Winter Olympics provides snowboarding with enough exposure. Triple and double corks have transformed snowboarding into an acrobatic show. Most moves from riders resemble
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For the first club that I had to research‚ I decided to choose the ASU snowboarding team. The reason being; I absolutely love to snowboard. I live and breathe for two things in this world and that is snowboarding and making music. Fortunately this paper is about snowboarding‚ which is a very easy topic to write about for me. The ASU Snowboarding Team is a competitive team that travels to different Giant Slalom (race) and Slopestyle (freestyle) competitions in the South Eastern region. They are
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Mountain Boarding : Mountain boarding‚ also known as Dirt boarding‚ Off-road Boarding‚ and All-Terrain Boarding (ATB)‚ is a well-established if little-known action sport‚ derived from snowboarding. A mountain board is made up of components including a deck‚ bindings to secure the rider to the deck‚ four wheels with pneumatic tires‚ and two steering mechanisms known as trucks. Mountain boarders‚ also known as riders‚ ride specifically designed boarder cross tracks‚ slopestyle parks‚ grass hills‚
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1. Biathlon 2. Bobsleigh: Bobsleigh and Skeleton 3. Curling 4. Ice Hockey 5. Luge 6. Skating: Figure Skating‚ Short Track Speed Skating and Speed Skating 7. Skiing: Alpine‚ Cross Country‚ Nordic Combined‚ Ski Jumping‚ Freestyle and Snowboard 1. Биатлон 2. Бобслей: бобслей и скелетон 3. Керлинг 4. Хоккей на льду 5. Санный спорт 6. Конькобежный спорт: фигурное катание‚ шорт-трек и скоростной бег на коньках 7. Лыжный спорт: горные лыжи‚ лыжные гонки
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As I watch‚ the waves from the shore look fun and almost innocent as they crest and then crash over one another. I can taste the salt in the air and watch little rainbows glisten through the prisms of the ocean’s spray. The warm ocean water toward the shore is covered with foam and bubbles from the rumbling waves. As children and their families play in the gritty tan colored sand‚ I think to myself‚ “This is perfect.” I make the final preparations on my jet ski. All of the fluid levels check
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(McNab pg 15) As a widespread recreational activity‚ skiing is a recent phenomenon. (Johnson) Skiing has been popular all around the world for as long as anyone can remember. Though downhill skiing’s boom days of the 60’s and 70’s are gone‚ it still has a large constituency. (Lepisto) The sport was an ancient method of travel
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