2018年2月17日 星期六

snowboarder, halfpipe







She thought she was mainly a snowboarder. Then she beat Lindsey Vonn, and everyone else.


'This Must Be Some Mistake,' Says Snowboarder After Winning Olympic Gold In Skiing
She went up the hill a snowboarder but came down an Olympic champion skier. That's one way to tell the story of Ester Ledecka, the Czech athlete who stunned the world in South Korea.
NPR.ORG



單板滑雪是冬季奧運其中一項比賽項目,設有男、女子項目。滑雪板的發展受到啟發於滑板sledding衝浪滑雪。起源於1960年代,並且在1998年長野冬季奧林匹克運動會成為在冬季奧運會的正式項目。[1]並且在2014年索契冬季帕拉林匹克運動會成為冬季帕運會的正式項目。[2] 該運動在美國知名度(以設備銷售衡量)在2007年達到頂峰。[3]

Snowboarding
Snowboarding.jpg
A snowboarder making a turn in fresh snow
First played1965, Muskegon, MichiganU.S.
Characteristics
TypeOutdoor
EquipmentSnowboard deckbindingsboots
Presence
Olympic1998
Paralympic2014
Snowboarding is a recreational activity and Olympic and Paralympic sport that involves descending a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet.
The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboardingsleddingsurfing and skiing. It was developed in the United States in the 1960s, became a Winter Olympic Sport at Nagano in 1998[1]and first featured in the Winter Paralympics at Sochi in 2014.[2] Its popularity (as measured by equipment sales) in the United States peaked in 2007 and has been in a decline since.[3]


halfpipe

NOUN

  • A ramp curving up at both ends or a snow-covered sloping channel with a U-shaped cross section, used by skateboarders, rollerbladers, snowboarders, etc. to perform jumps and other manoeuvres.
    ‘he went to Victoria Skatepark where he showed off his skills on the halfpipe’

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