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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Etymology

Origin of snowboarding

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

Example Sentences

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

In the halfpipe, competitors perform a series of tricks while snowboarding down a slope with a semi-cylindrical shape -- the inner height of the walls in Livigno is 7.2 metres.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

In 2023, she became the youngest world champion in snowboarding history at the age of 16 with slopestyle gold.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 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