Snowboarding, FIS and the Olympics

The International Olympic Committee, or IOC for short, has been at the root of much controversy since it chose snowboarding to be a part of the 1998 Olympic Games in 1994. Many in the sport did not seek inclusion in the Olympics; in many riders’ opinion, the Olympics sought them as a potential revenue-builder for the declining Winter Games. Snowboarding’s sanctioning body, leading up to the Inaugural Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan was the ISF (International Snowboarding Federation)... full article