Alpine snowboarding

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Also known as: freecarving

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Alpine snowboarding, also known as freecarving, was a popular style in the early days of the sport. It shares many similarities with skiing, particularly in its slalom variations, emphasizing expert carving at high speeds rather than jumps and tricks.1

Competition Types

Slalom Racing: Athletes weave through gates, with giant slalom and super-G featuring wider gate spacing for higher speeds. Parallel versions pit riders against each other on adjacent courses.1
Snowboard Cross (Boardercross): Multiple riders race simultaneously down a course with obstacles like jumps and banked turns. The first to finish wins.1

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Alpine snowboarding, often called freecarving, was the most popular style of snowboarding in the mid-1980s during the infancy of the sport, when snowboarders used the existing infrastructure of ski resorts and the venues of ski racing. By the end of the 1990s, however, most die-hard…
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