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The snowboarding competition of the 1998 Winter Olympics was held at Mount Yakebitai and Kanbayashi Snowboard Park. The competition took place between 8 and 12 February 1998 and featured four events: Men’s and Women’s giant slalom and halfpipe.This was the first Olympic appearance of snowboarding. Although a separate snowboard federation was established in 1994 the International Ski Federation brought snowboard under its jurisdiction with encouragement from the IOC.

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