Snowboarders compete during the Ladies’
Snowboard Cross Big Final at the PyeongChang
2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea.kind of Sh"
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is when snowboarders use snowboards and divide them in
skis
jekcopber to the top of the mountain.
able to _choose _ where they go.
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1, Splitboarding
two (or “split” them) to make
2, It's easier and faster to take a
3. The splitboarders like being
4, North America is a good place to go spl
many places to explore _.
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6. They need to stay away from Odnger _.
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1. What words would you use
2. How is splitboarding similar to or different from the other extreme sports
that you leamed about in this unit? Snow board
3, Wht do you think is good about splitoarding and why? aha pe need wet
4. What do you think is not so good about splitpoarding and Shy? Pa Seo es
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