🏛️Official — FIS
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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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Section 8: Safety Considerations
Oct 26, 20267.4 General Infractions
Oct 26, 20267.3 Equipment Violations
Oct 26, 20267.2 Gate Violations
Oct 26, 20267.1 Snowboard Cross Contact Rules
Oct 26, 2026Section 7: Violations & Penalties
Oct 26, 20266.4 Tiebreaking
Oct 26, 20266.3 Race Events (SBX, PGS)
Oct 26, 20266.2 Big Air Multi-Run Scoring
Oct 26, 20266.1 Judged Events (Halfpipe, Slopestyle, Big Air)
Oct 26, 2026Section 6: Scoring
Oct 26, 20265.5 Parallel Giant Slalom (PGS)
Oct 26, 20265.4 Snowboard Cross (SBX)
Oct 26, 20265.3 Big Air
Oct 26, 20265.2 Slopestyle
Oct 26, 20265.1 Halfpipe
Oct 26, 2026Section 5: Rules of Play
Oct 26, 20264.3 Officials
Oct 26, 20264.2 Judging Panels
Oct 26, 20264.1 Competitors by Discipline
Oct 26, 2026Section 4: Players & Officials
Oct 26, 20263.5 Parallel Giant Slalom (PGS)
Oct 26, 20263.4 Snowboard Cross (SBX)
Oct 26, 20263.3 Big Air
Oct 26, 20263.2 Slopestyle Course
Oct 26, 20263.1 Halfpipe
Oct 26, 2026Section 3: Playing Area
Oct 26, 20262.3 Protective Equipment
Oct 26, 20262.1 Snowboard Specifications
May 23, 2026Section 2: Equipment
May 23, 20262.2 Bindings
May 23, 2026