It is so popular because a lot of people snowboard. Also there are a lot of people in the Olympic games that are snowboarders. People also like Snowboarding because they make you feel "cool."
Skiing is by far more popular than snowboarding. But people are starting to pick up snowboarding more because it only takes about 3 days to learn as opposed to skiing, which takes years to perfect. I work at a ski resort and we have seen the rise of snowboarders, which in some cases, out number skiiers, but i personally like skiing more.
Anybody can go snowboarding. They just need to believe in themselves and try. There's no set limit with the maximum amount of people that can snowboard.
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Snowboarding will be part of the 2014 winter Olympics
i do both so i'm not favoring either one. At first snowboarding feels cool but after doing them for many years skiing becomes much more fun
Snowboarders would number the tens of thousands each year.
In snowboarding people fear falling over
skydiving, bungee jumping, snowboarding, skiing, rock climbing
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A sport people can play in the winter is snowboarding.
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1 in 3 people that do snowmobile, die from snowboarding related accidents according to the 2006 U.S. Census. Scary!
There are many ways to learn cool snowboarding tricks. One way is to watch videos of professional snowboarding like Shaun White on YouTube. Then go out and practice the moves.