Ross Rebagliati Winter Olympics 1998

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Since its mid-1960s inception, snowboarding has seen such a boom in popularity that it is now an event at the Winter Olympics
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From Waldi the dachshund to Mukmuk the marmot, test your memory of the the Olympic Games' colorful representatives
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Vaunted Vancouver

Set between the Pacific Ocean and a coastal mountain range, the British Columbia city—with a rain forest in its midst—may be the ultimate urban playground
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Yuichiro Miura set the world speed skiing record at Italys Kilometer Lanchard in 1964
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