Snowboarding's a sport that involves descending a slope that's either partially or fully covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set into a mounted binding. The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding, surfing and skiing. It was developed in the United States in the 1960s and the 1970s and became a Winter Olympic Sport in 1998. History Many crude versions of the snowboard were made up to 100 years before the first commercially manufactu… (More on Snowboarding)