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Boardercross (also Boarder-X or BX - and occasionally referred to as Snowboard Cross) is a snowboard competition in which a group of racers (usually four) start simultaneously atop an inclined course, then attempt to reach finish line at the end of the course first. It is also used in the context of mountainboarding, referring to similar races on snow-less courses with similar features. Still widely referred to as boardercross by the snowboarding community, it wasn't until the International Ski Federation (FIS) (the skiers' organisation which controls Olympic ski events) assumed control of Olympic boardercross events that the term snowboard cross materialised. This was due largely to the language barrier - because when boardercross is translated into the FIS's native French and back again, snowboard cross emerges as a literal translation. Boardercross courses are typically quite narrow and includes cambered turns, gap jumps, berms, drops, and steep and flat sections designed to challenge the riders' ability to stay in control. It is not uncommon for racers to collide with each other. Some observers have compared the sport to short track speed skating because of the amount of contact involved. The name and the riders' full-face helmets show the sport's influence by motocross. The first ever Boardercross event was held in the Spring of 1991 at Blackcomb Mt. BC. Steve Rechtschaffner and Greg Stump staged the event, to film as the final episode of their "Greg Stump's World of Extremes" TV show that they were doing for FOX TV. The idea for the event, the format and rules came from Rechtschaffner, along with the designing and building of the course. Stump's business manager John Graham coined the term "Boarder Cross", which everyone adopted. Rechtschaffner then went on to help build courses for people across N. America for the next few years, helping to spread the reach of the event. Later on, Erik Kalacis staged the first professional Boardercross series, called The Kokanee Cross, in Canada. Much later on, Rechtschaffner took inspiration from Boardercross to create the multi million selling hit series of SSX video games for Electronic Arts. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Do you participate in winter sports and recreation? Q. And no I don't mean keeping warm between the sheets... although I'm sure that many of you consider that a sport.lol Skiing (cross country or downhill), snowboarding, ice skating, snow sledding (regular ol' sleds and/or snowmobiles), luge, bob sledding, Hockey, curling, etc Asked by this Pirate Girl isa Lost Sailor - Thu Mar 26 14:18:02 2009 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. With all the action on Y!A who has time for such trivial pursuits? Does Trivial Pursuit count as a sport? Mental exercise and all? Come on! Throw me a bone here! OH! Curling! Yeah! I'm into curling up and reading a book in front of the fire in the winter time! Seriously though... I grew up in New Hampshire. We heated primarily with wood. Between all the chopping, splitting, stacking AND hauling it inside to burn, along with shoveling snow, chopping ice, etc, etc, ad nauseum... Who in their right mind would want to go out and play in the stuff!?! Huh? OK maybe snowmobiling. But having lived above Pinkham Notch, I see a snowmobile more as alternative transportation than as a fun day out.. Too much? Too bad! After all, you… [cont.] Answered by Dom the Groucho Marxist - Thu Mar 26 14:45:04 2009 She was showing off, it cost her the gold, shouldn't we show a little mercy? Q. Botched half-pipe move costs Jacobellis snowboard cross gold. She's taken responsibility and admitted to showing off. I think she was punished enough knowing that she lost the gold for the US. What's your opinion? Now, she didn't break any rules, what she did was when she saw she had a big lead, she decided to do the half-pike and landed badly and fell. She was just a few feet from the finish line. When she fell, the person in 2nd place zoomed by and took the gold. It's the "half-pike SEEN around the world" and she's going to have a hard time living it down, if she ever does. Coogleman apparently, you didn't see the interview with her where she admitted showboating! So don't get rude with people here until YOU know the whole story.… [cont.] Asked by Tina - Sat Feb 18 13:21:15 2006 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. Hopefully it will serve as a lesson to others that "it ain't over till it's over." I felt bad for her, I mean she knew she had done something foolish and it cost her, the only good that can come from it is if others don't make the same mistake she did. Answered by DrunkenSmurf - Sat Feb 18 16:01:26 2006 cheap winter cabin in adirondacs?
Q. looking for a cheap cabin in adirondacks for 5 friends, near or on mt. that we can cross country snowboard( can just be a plain mt. not one you pay to go on ith a lift) Asked by skimer - Tue Dec 9 17:29:24 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for, but I found a place in Newcomb, NY, a small town in the heart of the Adirondacks, but you'd have to check the prices for the winter and research the area for surrounding mountains. The price was good during the fall months but I'm not sure about winter pricing. You can see pictures, my review, and a link to the owner's listing in a blog post on my blog: My wife and I escaped up there this fall for a quick weekend and we fell in love with the cabin! There's a queen bed (I think that's right) in the loft but there are 3 or 4 beds downstairs too. It's only a couple of years old. Oh, and the hosts are very friendly and reasonable people! Answered by Timmy - Thu Dec 11 10:29:40 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Snowboard Cross"  news.google.com Bellingham Herald 15, the day the men's Olympic snowboardcross event is slated to take place. Holland has unfinished business after falling at the 2006 Torino Olympics, ... and more » news.google.com MiamiHerald.com Swiss snowboardcross athlete Tanja Frieder recently announced her retirement from a wheelchair after surgery to repair two torn Achilles' tendons. ... news.google.com PlanetSKI.eu ... short track speed skaters, cross -country skiers, half pipe boarders, ski cross athlete Sarah Sauvey and snowboard cross athlete Zoe Gillings are there. ... From Google News Search: "Snowboard Cross"  hallingdolen.no 449px x 798px | 82.30kB [source page] Leverte pa heimebane Joachim Havikhagen i svevet med gul jakke  gasteinertal.com 480px x 640px | 57.90kB [source page] Webcam Snowboard Weltcup Austragungsort Bad Gastein From Yahoo Image Search: "Snowboard Cross"  nieveyalgomas.blogspot.com Ski Paradise ue, 18 Aug 2009 08:56:00 GM The . Snowboard Cross. event will take place at Cardrona Ski Field, Monday 24th August. The Ski . Cross. will take place on Thursday 27th August. The New Zealand Winter Games . Snowboard. Half Pipe event will take place at Cardrona Ski Field, ...  snowboarding.transworld.net johnpoulin ue, 21 Jul 2009 18:49:56 GM There aren't many places especially for . Snowboard Cross. athletes that we can train on hill, let alone off hill. So these special features really allow us some unique training that we can't find elsewhere. ...  firsttracksonline.com unknown Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:05:14 GM Teams from Canada, the United States, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, France, Finland, Australia and Russia from sports including . Snowboarding. , Ski . Cross. , . Snowboard Cross. , Biathlon, . Cross. Country and Freestyle Skiing, have all committed ... From Google Blog Search: "Snowboard Cross" |
