When you think of competitive snowboarding, you often think of possibly the big super-pipe or maybe the big jumps and spins. However, there was a completely new competition put into the X-Games last year and is a complete new style to competitive snowboarding. This new contest uses the largest ramp at the contest, the big air jump, and snowboarders use the lip of the landing to do tricks. Ultimately, they are seeing who can do the coolest trick off this little hump of a ramp. With a smaller and very minimal feature to hit, you have to get really creative to stand a chance at winning and it is honestly insane to see what these professionals can do with so little to work with. Some of these riders are using the feature to just huck massive spins and flips, while others use it to seemingly tweak physics and defy what simple snowboarding really can be. This new type of competition is becoming really popular and is becoming a favorite feature to hit because of the minimalist style you can trick off of it with. Frankly with this blog I just want to get my readers more accustomed and familiar with snowboarding as a sport and how cool it’s culture is.

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— Oscar Wilde.

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