Essay On Snowboarding
I was six years old when my father strapped me into my first pair of skis, “Skiing is way more fun than snowboarding. Snowboarding isn’t even a real sport,” he jokingly told me while putting on his own skis. Little did my father know I would later become a snowboarder at the age of twelve, following the example of my mother and two brothers. During my junior year at age sixteen, I joined the brand new snowboarding club at Blackfoot High School. Although the club only functioned for a year, I realized that small, northern towns like Blackfoot Idaho were full of winter sport fanatics. This thought brought a question to my mind; are there schools in the U.S. that have snowboarding as an actual high school sport? After more research on the subject, I found that only a few private boarding schools around the country offer snowboarding as an actual school sport. Public high schools usually include sports that require physical exertion, competition and a way to generate revenue like football, basketball, soccer, baseball, volleyball and much more, so I asked myself; why not snowboarding?
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Along with the physical and competitive attributes, the sport should be able to generate revenue and attract a viewing audience. This brings us to yet another inquisition: how could snowboarding as a high school sport meet these qualifications? If you have ever watched the “X-Games” or the Olympics, you would already know that snowboarding is undoubtedly a national sport that has many viewers and generates plenty of revenue. Is this not enough for the sport to branch off from professional and recreational
Along with the physical and competitive attributes, the sport should be able to generate revenue and attract a viewing audience. This brings us to yet another inquisition: how could snowboarding as a high school sport meet these qualifications? If you have ever watched the “X-Games” or the Olympics, you would already know that snowboarding is undoubtedly a national sport that has many viewers and generates plenty of revenue. Is this not enough for the sport to branch off from professional and recreational