🏛️Official — FIS
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Recorded May 13, 2026
Foundational sport-origin milestone — snowboarding's lineage traces to 1965 when Sherm Poppen, an engineer in Muskegon, Michigan, invented a toy for his daughters by fastening two skis together and attaching a rope to one end so he would have some control as they stood on the board and glided downhill. The 1965 "Snurfer" predates organized snowboard federation rule-making by 25 years (ISF founded 1990) and the Olympic debut by 33 years (Nagano 1998). Every modern FIS snowboard rule on equipment specifications, board dimensions, binding regulations, and competition format descends ultimately from the sport-tradition that Poppen's 1965 invention initiated.
Recorded May 10, 2026
Federation-history milestone — predecessor authority for snowboarding rule-making. In 1990, the International Snowboard Federation (ISF) was founded to provide universal contest regulations, becoming the original international snowboarding rule-making body before FIS took over the discipline by the mid-1990s. ISF and FIS competed for snowboarding rule-making authority through the 1990s; FIS prevailed when the IOC chose FIS as the Olympic federation for the 1998 Nagano Games, and ISF dissolved in 2002. While the modern slug is `snowboard-fis`, the 1990 ISF founding is part of snowboarding's federation lineage and the proximate predecessor to FIS-era rule-making.
Recorded May 10, 2026
Most consequential modern federation milestone for snowboarding. At the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan, snowboarding became an official Olympic event — formalizing FIS's authority over Olympic snowboarding rule-making after the 1990s ISF/FIS rivalry was settled in FIS's favor. Nagano 1998 carried two snowboard medal events: giant slalom and halfpipe. Subsequent Olympic snowboard additions (parallel giant slalom 2002, snowboard cross 2006, slopestyle 2014, big air 2018) have all operated under the same FIS rule-making framework. The 2022 FIS rebrand to "International Ski and Snowboard Federation" formalized snowboard's federation status in the federation name itself.
Recorded May 10, 2026
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Recorded Mar 22, 2026
7.1 Snowboard Cross Contact Rules
May 23, 20263.2 Slopestyle Course
May 23, 20262.1 Snowboard Specifications
May 23, 2026Section 2: Equipment
May 23, 20268.7 Night Events and Artificial Lighting
May 23, 20268.6 Concussion Protocol
May 23, 20268.4 Medical and Emergency Protocols
May 23, 20268.3 Wind and Visibility Limits
May 23, 20268.2 Snow and Landing Conditions
May 23, 20268.1 Course Certification
May 23, 20267.4 General Infractions
May 23, 20267.2 Gate Violations
May 23, 20265.3 Big Air
May 23, 20265.2 Slopestyle
May 23, 20265.1 Halfpipe
May 23, 20264.2 Judging Panels
May 23, 20264.1 Competitors by Discipline
May 23, 20263.5 Parallel Giant Slalom (PGS)
May 23, 20263.4 Snowboard Cross (SBX)
May 23, 20263.3 Big Air
May 23, 20263.1 Halfpipe
May 23, 2026Section 3: Playing Area
May 23, 20262.3 Protective Equipment
May 23, 20262.2 Bindings
May 23, 2026Section 8: Safety Considerations
Mar 22, 2026Section 6: Scoring
Mar 22, 2026Section 5: Rules of Play
Mar 22, 2026Section 4: Players & Officials
Mar 22, 2026