By: Zachary Wong

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Snowboarding

• By Zachary Wong

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Outline

• What is Snowboarding ..3
• Snowboarding Basics .4
• Snowboarding Internationally 5
• Best Places to Snowboard ...6
• Why I Love Snowboarding....7
• Snowboarding and Me .....8
• Summary ..9
• Contact Information 10

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What is Snowboarding?

• A great winter sport done in regions with snow
• Combines Skateboarding and Surfing techniques and
  physics
• Fastest growing winter sport

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Snowboarding Basics

• Snowboard consist of an almost symmetrical board
  with a definite nose and tail
• The rim of the board is lined with a metal blade
• Bindings hold the rider to the board
• Control is determined mostly by the back foot

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Snowboarding Internationally

• Adopted by many countries
• The U.S., Japan, and Europe lead the snowboarding
  movement
• Recently included as an Olympic sport in 1999
  (Wikipedia.org)

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Best Places to Snowboard
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Why I Love Snowboarding

• Snowboarding requires travel
• It is a unique skill that not many people from
  Hawaii have
• Snow is Great!

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Snowboarding and Me

• Fun and danger factor attracted me to it
• I have been snowboarding at least once a year for
  about 5 years
• There are no snowboarding clubs in
• Hawaii
• Free-falling Snowboardings best aspect
• Price is worst aspect

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Summary

• What is Snowboarding
• Snowboarding Basics
• Snowboarding Internationally
• Best Places to Snowboard
• Why I Love Snowboarding
• Snowboarding and Me

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Contact Information

• THANK YOU
• Zachary Wong
• E-mail Zkwong_at_hawaii.edu
• Phone [phone]