Buirdsport

Buirdsports are sports that are played wi some sort o buird as the primary equipment. These sports tak place on a variety o terrain, frae pavit flat-grund an snaw covered hills tae watter an air. Maist buirdsports are considered action sports or extreme sports, an thus aften appeal tae youth. A lairge proportion o youth pairtakin in these sports, thegither wi aesthetic damage tae property frae sports like skatebuirdin, haes led tae mony buird sports being marginalized bi the greater warld o sports in the past. Housomeivver, many buird sports are iver-mair frequently gainin mainstream recognition, an wi this recognition hae enjoyed wider broadcast, sponsorship an inclusion in institutional sportin events, includin the Olympic Gemmes.^[1]

Surfin wis the first buirdsport, oreeginatin frae Polynesie cultur. Skatebuirdin wis then inventit bi surfers leukin tae "surf" on land.^[2] It is haurd tae estimate when maist buirdsports wur "inventit" acause fowk hae been makkin hamemade versions throughoot history. For example, it is no haurd tae conceive o a person, who is familiar wi the concept o skiin or sleddin, staundin sidelins on a plank o firth an ridin doun a snaw-covered slope. M.J. "Jack" Burchett is credited wi first doin this in 1929, uisin horse reins an clothesline tae secur his feet on the plank o firth.^[3] Most buirdsports hae similar, equally unkent oreegins.

Uisin data collectit in the past decade, it is estimatit there is 18-50 million skatebuirders,^[4][5] 5-25 million surfers.^[6] an 10-20 million snawbuirders^[7][8] in the warld. Approximately 100 million fowk pairticipate in buirdsports warldwide.

1. ↑ http://www.tackyworld.com/skateboard/article/?id=107551 Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
2. ↑ http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/skateboard.html
3. ↑ http://www.snowboardinghistory.com/ Archived 2000-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
4. ↑ http://www.hickoksports.com/history/skateboarding.shtml#hist1 Archived 2010-12-04 at the Wayback Machine
5. ↑ https://archive.today/20120712054635/findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m4021/is_2002_Oct_1/ai_92087410/
6. ↑ http://www.surfline.com/community/whoknows/whoknows.cfm?id=1012
7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 18 Mairch 2002. Retrieved 22 December 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
8. ↑ http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=587281