The only stop on the 2016/17 FIS Snowboard World Cup tour on the Canadian soil is coming back again this year with this season's fifth slopestyle competition staged on Feb. 12th as part of famous Snowboard Jamboree. US riders have dominated the last contest held in Mammoth Mountain sealing clean sweeps in both Men and Ladies events with 16-year-old Redmond Gerard and veteran Jamie Anderson. Gerard now leads the discipline rankings, while veteran Jamie Anderson has narrowed the gap at the top.
Snowboard is one of the six Olympic disciplines administered by FIS - The International Ski Federation. The discipline consists of five different events Big air, Halfpipe, Slopestyle, Snowboard cross, and parallel slalom. Snowboarding is a young snow sport which began in the 1960's. The 1960's were a time of evolution, as young people looked for different forms of expression in winter sports. Snowboarding began to be organized in that decade when the advancements in modern snowboard equipment and freedom of expression led to new and exciting snowboard techniques. Snowboarding's growing popularity is reflected in its recognition as an official sport: in 1985, with the first World Cup was held in Zürs, Austria. In 1998 Snowboarding was added to the Olympic winter schedule.
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As the governing body of international skiing and snowboarding, FIS manages the Olympic disciplines of Alpine Skiing, Cross-Country Skiing, Ski Jumping, Nordic Combined, Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding, including setting the international competition rules. Through its 116 member nations, more than 6'500 FIS ski and snowboard competitions are staged annually.
