costs / compotision enviroment
This event is relatively cost friendly because all people really need is a board and a pair of bindings. Snowboarding can only happen on cold climates but the sport is becoming more popular through out the world.
Snowboarding costs little when hiring out equipment. The product normally costs between £80-100 per week if hired but if bought to a high standard in a snowboarding shop the board alone cost £300-400 and the binds to a similar cost
The sport is very popular for media coverage and has appeared in the olympics numerous times. It is one of the high sporting events such as the x games and has had small demo's round the word to promote the sport e.g central London
This sport has made new boundaries for snow sports because there is more than one type of snowboarding e.g racing , slope style , and pipe. The injury rate has increased but less people are becoming seriously injured due to good medic teams on the mountain.