I really enjoy snowboarding!  Have you ever been?
Snowboarding is a recreational activity and Olympic and Paralympic sport 
Yeah, I watched the snowboarding events this past winter Olympics!  Did you watch it?
It  involves descending a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet.
When was snowboarding invented?  Do you know of any famous snowboarders?
It was inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing.
I love all those sports!  When did snowboarding become an Olympic event?  Only recently, right?
It  became a Winter Olympic Sport at Nagano in 1998 and first featured in the Winter Paralympics at Sochi in 2014.
That's what I thought.  It was smart to introduce the sport since it is seemingly so popular, especially with the younger generations.
 Modern snowboarding began in 1965 when Sherman Poppen, an engineer in Muskegon, Michigan, invented a toy for his daughters