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Snowboarding made its Olympic debut in the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, Japan with a total of four competitions divided into two categories: men's & women's halfpipe and men's & women's giant slalom.
The two types of competition chosen to be part of the Olympic Games reflected two very different styles of snowboarding. The halfpipe competition represents freestyle snowboarding, and the giant slalom represents alpine snowboarding. Freestyle snowboarding is practiced by the overwhelming majority of snowboarders, while alpine snowboarding is a dedicated racing and carving discipline with its own specialized technique and equipment.
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 For the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City, the halfpipe competition will remain and the giant slalom will be replaced with the parallel giant slalom.

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 Definition: Parallel giant slalom ia a competition in which two racers carve around gates in side-by-side courses, trying to beat one another to the finish line. Switching courses after the first run, the one with the largest combined margin of victory over two runs in the winner and proceeds to the next round, or wins the race if it is in the final round.

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