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Skateboard's snow cousin, sworn enemy of skiers and the bunny slope alike.
means Single rigid boards strapped to both feet for sliding sideways down snow-covered mountains.
from Born from the 1965 Snurfer, a kid's toy fusing snow and surfer, before Burton turned it into a sport in the 1970s.
Olympic debutJoined the Winter Games in 1998 at Nagano.
Banned for yearsMany ski resorts forbade them until the 1990s.
Sideways stanceRiders face the mountain edge, not downhill.