OLYMPIC DEBUT

1998 Nagano, Japan

ORIGINS

Snowboarding developed in the 1960s with the first mass-produced snowboard being sold in 1966. In the late 1970s, snowboarding became more popular and by the 1990s, almost all ski resorts accepted snowboarding.

Competition in snowboarding developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. FIS World Championships were first held in 1995 for both men and women.