In 1994
Snowboarding was declared as an Olympic Sport. Now it
finally became accepted as a real competetive sport, not
only a new trend which would disapear again. In
the 1998 Olympics it was the first
time ever that Snowboarding was accepted as an olympic
sport. The new sport snowboarding was a huge success. But
still people could find some of their prejudices about
Snowboarders beeing affirmed: When the canadian
boarder Ross Rebagliati ( second picture on the left)
won the gold medal in the giant slalom he had to submit an
urine sample. This sample showed that he was positive for
marijuana with 17.8 nanograms per milliliter. Rebagliati
said he did not smoke marijuana since April 1997. Instead
the boarder stated he probably ihaled smoke on one of his
friend's parties in Canada. His gold medal got taken away on
the first day, but he got it back afterwards. The
International Olympic Committee, lacking an agreement with
the International Ski Federation on marijuana use, could not
strip Rebagliati of his medal. This event had negative
effects for all snowboarders, because it showed them in a
very bad light. Many people now thought that Snowboarders
constantly smoke Marijuana and saw their prejudices
affirmed. Two years before, in 1996,
Mike Hatchett released a new video, called TB5, featuring
riders like Noak Salasneck and Johan Olofson. The riders did
incredible stunts and tricks. Filmed in Alaska with its
awesome footage the film is state of the art. In 1998,
snowboarding contributes almost 50% to all winter activity.
Most of the ski resorts now accept skiers and snowboarders.
Snowboarding is finally accepted by everyone !
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