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From alley-oops to Chloe Kim: The progression of women’s snowboard halfpipe tricks
Women’s halfpipe made its debut at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Unlike at recent Winter Games, athletes were not judged on amplitude. The halfpipe measured half the size of the 22-foot halfpipe walls ...
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What's a goofy stance? And other snowboarding questions you were too scared to ask
When was snowboarding added to the Olympics? Snowboarding first appeared at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. The only events were men's and women's giant slalom and halfpipe. Snowboard cross ...
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Tara Lipinski Calls Daughter Georgie 'My Biggest Gold Medal' on Anniversary of Olympic Victory
"I hope I can remind her [Georgie] about the power of dreaming through out her own life," Lipinski wrote while reflecting on her 1998 Winter Olympics victory Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News ...
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Former pro snowboarder Ursula Smith looks back—and ahead—to the Winter Olympics in Sochi
A former giant slalom snowboarder who placed fifth for Austria at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, gives us some wry insight. Holed up in her humble Colorado cabin with her former pro ...