History

In 1982 the first International Snowboard race is held in Suicide Six, Vermont. The goal of the race appeared mostly to be "survival" because the race consists of a steep icy kamikaze downhill run, called "The Face". In 1985 still only 39, of the approximately 600 snowboard areas allow snowboards.The same year the first snowboarding magazine comes out. Its name is "Absolute Radical". In 1986 Regis Rolland, a French snowboarder, stars in "Apocalypse Snow". His staring launches a new European Snowboarding generation of fans who organize their own regional events, such as the Swiss hampionship in St. Moritz. Snowboarding is becoming a more and more popular sport. In 1994 Snowboarding was declared as an Olympic Sport and became finally accepted as a real competitive sport. Snowboarding became an "official" Olympic sport in 1998.