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

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

But the most remarkable thing about America’s snowboarding queen is what Kim does in the four years between Winter Games, when the entire world isn’t watching.

From The Wall Street Journal

There, Chloe Kim reached superstar status, winning at 17 to become the youngest woman to claim an Olympic snowboarding gold medal.

From Los Angeles Times

When the halfpipe superstar tore her labrum in her left shoulder in training a month ago, her hopes of becoming the first person to win three consecutive Olympic snowboarding gold medals were in jeopardy.

From Los Angeles Times

Ledecka crashed out in the quarter-finals as the Czech chased what would have been a historic snowboarding title in three consecutive Olympics.

From Barron's