snowboarding

American  

[snoh-bawr-ding] / ˈsnoʊˌbɔr dɪŋ /

noun

1. the sport of riding a snowboard.

   Snowboarding became an Olympic event in Nagano, Japan, in 1998.

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snowboarding British  

/ ˈsnəʊˌbɔːdɪŋ /

noun

1. the sport of moving across snow on a snowboard

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Etymology

Origin of snowboarding

First recorded in 1980–85; snowboard ( def. ) + -ing ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

In “Try it with Emma Mac,” MacDonald goes ice climbing and snowboarding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

He needed four surgeries and a full knee replacement and had to learn to walk again - but he was not ready to give up snowboarding and in 2022 was classified as a Para-snowboarder.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

He also made a 3½-hour trip to Livigno to watch snowboarding — and said that if he had to pick a sport to compete in, that would be his choice.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026

Lee Sang-ho, who won South Korea's first Olympic snowboarding medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, also competed in the monk's event -- adding to a line of "Dharma Kids" along with this year's medallists.

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

He hates snowboarders, he says, but I think he really means that he hates people who have families who take them snowboarding.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon