Snowboarding skill isn't as easily attainable as it looks. It takes years of practice and the right equipment. Still snowboarding has earned top sport billing. Cheap snowboards and discount snowboards are available both on and off season. Many snowboard manufacturers engineer their boards for special slope conditions. Snowboard bindings and snowboard boots are manufactured to certain specification for the sport as well.
Snowboard magazines are on every magazine rack in stores. Snowboard magazines follow professional riders and cover the travel, lifestyle and various contests throughout the season. They are filled with great product reviews and profile new products and improvements to the sport. It's awesome exposure to those involved in the sport and for photojournalists to demonstrate their chops.
Snowboard contests are held regularly on ski slopes. One of the most popular is the 2009 U.S. Snowboarding Revolution Tour. The Revolution Tour will return to Copper Mountain, CO and Mt. Hood Meadows, OR, and this year will feature two new stops at Boreal, CA and Sugarloaf, ME. The Revolution Tour serves as one of the preeminent qualifications for riders to advance to the nation's premiere U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix, now in its 13th season.
Burton snowboards sponsor The Burton AM Tour. It takes place in 12 European countries on 12 different slopes. It is one of Europe's biggest amateur freestyle snowboarding contest series.
Burton Snowboards also hosts The Burton Global Open Series. It is one of the most progressive competitive snowboard series in the world. Points are awarded and $100,000 prize money is awarded, currently the largest single payout in snowboarding.
Many smaller competitions take place as well at the various ski slopes across the nations. Many promotional prizes and gear are give away at these events and draw large crowds. These are great places to bring your camera or camcorder.
Snowboard Terrain Parks offer a variety of half-pipes, quarter-pipes, ramps as well as jibs and rails to practice tricks on. These ski slopes have special machinery to maintain and groom these parks. Backcountry snowboarding is also popular and offers a different kind of freedom away from the maddening crowd.
Open terrain freestylers enjoy the fresh powder experience when it presents itself, a rarity in the East. For the freestyler, freestyle boards are longer and wider with a more directional shape is the preferred choice.
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