PUBLIC ASSOCIATION «SKI JUMPING AND SKI COMBINED FEDERATION»:

President - KARSYBEKOV ISKANDIR SERIKOVICH from 2020.

NORWEGIAN ORIGIN:

In the snow-covered north, skis have been used for centuries to hunt and collect firewood. The settlements stood far apart, and in harsh winters only skis allowed to maintain social contacts. English ski comes from the Old Norse skid, which denoted the unit of length of the wood. The Russian word «ski» goes back to the dialect «lyzgat», that is, to slide on ice.

HOLMENKOLLEN SKI FESTIVAL:

In 1892, the first ski festival was held in Holmenkollen, within the framework of which Nordic combined competitions were held. Over the years, the festival gained popularity, attracting skiers from Sweden and other neighboring countries. The Norwegian king Ulaf V himself jumped well from the springboard and in the 20s of the XIX century took part in this festival.

SCANDINAVIAN DOMINANCE:

Nordic combined has invariably entered the Olympic program since the first Winter Games in Chamonix-1924. It is dominated by the Norwegians, and their main competitors are the Finns. Until the 60s of the last century, all Olympic gold medals went to Norwegian athletes, until Georg Toma from Germany interrupted hegemony at the 1960 Games in Squaw Valley.

OLYMPIC DEBUT:

The International Ski Federation was founded in 1924. Then the skis got into the program of the Olympic Games in Chamonix.

HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT OF SKI COMBINED IN KAZAKHSTAN:

Nordic combined in Kazakhstan is inextricably linked with the development of ski jumping from the ski jump.
The founders of the development of ski jumping and Nordic combined in Kazakhstan, in the pre-war period, were Alexander Stepanov, Sergey Girzhen and Pavel Chulok, who built K-20, K-25 meters in the area of the Kamensky plateau of Koktyube mountain.
In the post-war period, through the efforts of Alexander Stepanov and cadets of the pogran school, a 50-meter springboard was built on the territory of the Mountain Giant collective farm.
In the summer of 1956, at the initiative of the teacher of the Institute of Physical Culture Eduard Chuprov, a 55-meter springboard was restored. A year later, the Republic's first ski jumping and Nordic combined competition was held here.
In 1957, after graduating from the Institute of Physical Culture, Vladimir Tarandovsky and Alexander Chivzhel at the Kairat Sports School began working with young jumpers and biathletes.
The first major competition was held in 1959 - the match of the 9 Union Republics.
In 1961 Alexander Stepanov comes to Kazakhstan for permanent residence with his pupil, a graduate of the Leningrad school of ski jumpers - Master of Sports of the USSR Vladimir Sologub, who was a clear example for young people how to technically perform jumps.
In 1962, a ski jumping team consisting of: Vladimir Sologub, Frida Galeev, Edward Leushin, Vladimir Tarandovsky, Vladimir Yolshin and ski combined consisting of: Alexander Chivzhel, Gennady Ryabinin, Anatoly Fedotov, Vladimir Obraztsov, Evgeny Zhirova at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR in Bakuriani took the team 5th place
Also, 1962 in the year, Alexander Chivzhel becomes the first Master of Sports in Nordic combined.
With the advent of an artificial springboard in 1964, it became possible to train year-round and this was marked by new successes of Kazakhstan athletes. Mastery has grown significantly. Master of Sports Gennady Ryabinin took 3rd place in the Nordic combined at the Lokomotiv CS. Master of Sports Valery Nikulshin won 3rd place in ski jumping at the VDSO «Trade Unions». MS Valery Sviridov - repeated champion of the Kazakh SSR, winner and prize-winner of the Central Council of the VDSO «Labor Reserves».
In 1966, a specialized school for ski jumping and Nordic combined skiing at the Enbek Sports School was opened.
With 1970 years on 1990 year I directed Kadyr Nukin school. Trainer's council was headed by the expert on the business Valentin Aksenov. As the young trainer Pavel Maksimovich Novikov, in a consequence the Major general began to work. The school trained many high-class athletes: The Master of Sports Nikolay Korobov is a prize-winner of All-Union competitions, Victor Shakin is the 2nd Spartakiady KazSSR champion, the MS Sergei Bychkov is the prize-winner of the Sports contest of the People of the USSR, etc. There was a group of good biathlonists: The Master of Sports Vladimir Sorokin is a prize-winner of summer championship of the USSR, Vladimir Yanin is Champion and prize-winner of the Armed Forces of the USSR, the repeated champion of KazSSR, twice the Master of Sports of the USSR in ski jumping and Nordic combined, Ivan Murashov the winner of summer championship of the USSR among young men, Vladimir Kuzmin is a prize-winner of the Armed Forces of the USSR.
With the opening of the specialized sports school «Labor Reserves» in 1974, the work boiled at full power. The school was headed by the enthusiast of his business Vladimir Alexandrovich Ilnitsky. Valentin Aksenov, who was replaced by Gennady Ivanovich Uskov, became the head coach.
It should be especially noted that the organizational abilities and love of Gennady Ivanovich for our sport, he united a group of experienced coaches to work with athletes. This group included: Nikolai Vasiliev, Alexander Vasiliev, Vladimir Sorokin, Vladimir Choi, Tuigun Nasyrov, Edward Leushin, Nikolai Atanov, who later began working at the Central Control Center.
The school «Labor Reserves» together with CSKA brought up athletes who adequately defended the honor of the Republic at All-Union and International competitions - Bakhyt Abdrakhmanov prize-winner of the VDSO «Labor Reserves», prize-winner of the USSR Armed Forces, 5-time Champion of the Kazakh SSR, MS Dilshat Miraev, Alexander Balyshev, Timur Butakbaev, Mikhail Shevchenko.

PUBLIC ASSOCIATION «SKI JUMPING AND SKI COMBINED FEDERATION»:

President - KARSYBEKOV ISKANDIR SERIKOVICH from 2020.

NORWEGIAN ORIGIN:

Back in 1808, Norwegian Olaf Rue flew 9.5 m on skis. His jump can be taken as a starting point in the history of this sport. The ancestor of modern jumps, many consider his compatriot Sondra Norheim. In 1866, he won the world's first ski jumping tournament in Heidalsmo, where prizes were awarded.

KONGSBERG TECHNOLOGY:

After World War I, Jacob Tullin Tams and Sigmund Ruud developed a jumping style known as «Kongsberg technique». The body bent in a belt with a deep inclination forward, the hands stretched in front of them, the skis were held parallel to each other. Using this technique, Sepp Bradl was the first to fly more than a hundred meters. In 1936, the Austrian jumped 101 meters.

NEW TECHNIQUES:

In the mid-50s, Swiss Andreas Desher began to put his hands back and lean further forward. In 1985, the Swede Jan Boklev began to breed ski socks in the shape of the letter V. Despite the initial ridicule, his style proved effective. In 1992, all Olympic medalists jumped like this.

OLYMPIC HISTORY:

Ski jumping competitions have been held at the Olympics since the first 1924 Winter Games in Chamonix. In 1964, at the Olympics in Innsbruck, normal ski jumping was included in the program, and in 1988 a team championship was added to them.

HISTORY OF SKI JUMPING DEVELOPMENT IN KAZAKHSTAN:

Ski jumping and Nordic combined skiing in Kazakhstan have a wonderful History. The founders of the development of ski jumping and Nordic combined in Kazakhstan, in the pre-war period, were Alexander Stepanov, Sergey Girzhen and Pavel Chulok, who built K-20, K-25 meters in the Kamensky plateau of Koktyube mountain. In the post-war period, through the efforts of Alexander Stepanov and cadets of the pogran school, a springboard with a capacity of 50 meters was built on the territory of the Mountain Giant collective farm.
In the summer of 1956, at the initiative of the teacher of the Institute of Physical Culture Eduard Chuprov, a 55-meter springboard was restored. A year later, the first ski jumping and Nordic combined competition in the Republic was held here.
In 1957, after graduating from the Institute of Physical Culture, they started working with young jumpers and biathletes, Vladimir Tarandovsky and Alexander Chivzhel at the Kairat Sports School.
The first major competition was held in 1959 - a match of 9 Union Republics.
In 1961 Alexander Stepanov comes to Kazakhstan for permanent residence with his pupil, a graduate of the Leningrad school of ski jumpers - Master of Sports of the USSR Vladimir Sologub, who was a clear example for young people how to technically perform jumps.
In 1962, a ski jumping team consisting of: Vladimir Sologub, Frida Galeev, Edward Leushin, Vladimir Tarandovsky, Vladimir Yolshin and ski combined consisting of: Alexander Chivzhel, Gennady Ryabinin, Anatoly Fedotov, Vladimir Obraztsov, Evgeny Zhirova at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR in Bakuriani took the team 5th place. And at the All-Union Competitions, for the Kuibyshev prize in Tomsk, a team of jumpers consisting of: Vladimir Sologub, Frid Galeev, Edward Leushin, Vladislav Trushin - took 3rd place. It was a notable success!
In the same 1962 year, Alexander Chivzhel became the first Master of Nordic Combined Sports, later 14-time Champion of the Kazakh SSR in Nordic Combined.
And in 1963, the first Masters of ski jumping are: Edward Leushin and Frid Galeev, in 1964 - Vladimir Yolshin.
With the advent of an artificial springboard in 1964, it became possible to train year-round and this was marked by new successes of Kazakhstan athletes. Mastery has grown significantly. Vladimir Sologub became the winner of intercity competitions and the Champion of the DSO Dynamo. Master of Sports Gennady Ryabinin took 3rd place in the Nordic combined at the Lokomotiv CS. Master of Sports Valery Nikulshin won 3rd place in ski jumping at the Airborne Forces Championship «Trade Unions». Master of sports Valery Sviridov - repeated champion of the Kazakh SSR, winner and prize-winner of the Central Council of the Airborne Forces «Labor Reserves». In 1966 in Alma-Ata, the personal championship of the USSR was played on artificial turf. Master of Sports Vladimir Sologub took 3rd place. A whole galaxy of ski jumping athletes appeared, USSR Masters of Sports adequately defended the sports honor of the Republic at the All-Union competitions - these are Valery Nikulshin, Vladimir Yolshin, Edward Leushin, Tuigun Nasyrov, Anatoly Piskunov, Alexander Piskunov, Vladimir Choi, Pavel Murashov, Mikhail Bublikov.
In 1966, a specialized school for ski jumping and Nordic combined skiing at the Enbek Sports School was opened.
From 1970 to 1990, Kadir Nukin headed the school for a year. The coaching council was headed by a connoisseur of his business Valentin Aksenov. Novikov Pavel Maksimovich began to work as a young coach, later Major General. The school brought up many high-class athletes: Master of Sports Nikolai Korobov - prize-winner of All-Union competitions, Viktor Shakin - champion of the 2nd Spartakiad of the Kazakh SSR, Master of sports Sergey Bychkov - prize-winner of the Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR, etc. A galaxy of good biathletes appeared: Master of Sports Vladimir Sorokin - prize-winner of the summer championship of the USSR, Vladimir Yanin - Champion and prize-winner of the USSR Armed Forces, multiple champion of the Kazakh SSR, twice master of sports of the USSR in ski jumping and ski biathlon, Ivan Murashov winner of the summer championship of the USSR among young men, Vladimir Kuzmin - prize-winner of the USSR Armed Forces.
With the opening of the specialized sports school «Labor Reserves» in 1974, the work boiled at full power. The school was headed by the enthusiast of his business Vladimir Alexandrovich Ilnitsky. The head coach was Valentin Aksenov, who was replaced by Gennady Ivanovaich Uskov. Of particular note, the organizational abilities and love of Gennady Ivanovich for our sport, he united a group of experienced coaches to work with athletes.
This group included: Nikolai Vasiliev, Alexander Vasiliev, Vladimir Sorokin, Vladimir Choi, Tuigun Nasyrov, Edward Leushin, Nikolai Atanov, who later began to work in the Central Control Center.
The result of this work: in 1978 at the 4th Winter Spartakiad of the peoples of the USSR, Vladimir Chernyaev won a gold and bronze medal, and his brother Anatoly Chernyaev became a silver and bronze medalist among juniors. The team consisting of Vladimir Chernyaev, Anatoly Chernyaev, Pavel Murashov, Tuigun Nasyrov won 3 team places. The school «Labor Reserves» together with CSKA brought up athletes who adequately defended the honor of the Republic at All-Union and International competitions. In ski jumping: Vladimir Chernyaev, Anatoly Chernyaev, Anatoly Korolev, Sergey Bychkov, Nikolai Korobov, Sergey Ozernykh, Sergey Bryzgalov, Alexander Taranov, Andrey Verveikin, Alexander Kolmakov, Andrey Vanechkin, Alexander Gubchenko, Vladimir Danilov, Sergey Badmakov enko, Dmitry Chvykov, Dionis Vodnev, Vladimir Kurgansky, Maxim Polunin, Stanislav Filimonov, Pavel Gaiduk. In Nordic combined: Bakhyt Abdrakhmanov prize-winner of the Airborne Forces «Labor Reserves», prize-winner of the USSR Armed Forces, 5-time Champion of the Kazakh SSR, master of sports Dilshat Miraev, Alexander Balyshev, Timur Butakbaev, Mikhail Shevchenko.
In 1979, a TsOP was created on the basis of the school, which united the coaching staff of CSKA, Labor Reserves, ShVSM, which included 35 of the best jumpers in Kazakhstan. The creation of a base on the Tuyuk-Su glacier, for ski training, significantly accelerated the access of sportsmen of Kazakhstan to the All-Union and International Arena. So at the 6th Winter Spartakiad in 1982, the team of Kazakhstan takes 2nd place, and Andrei Verveikin - 1st place among juniors. At the World Championship among juniors in the USSR national team, Sergey Badenko took 3rd place in the team competition. At the 6-Winter Spartakiad of the peoples of the USSR, the team of Kazakhstan takes second place.
In 1990, at the 7th Winter Spartakiad of the peoples of the USSR, the team won first place, Dionis Vodnev became the Champion, and Alexander Taranov became the silver medalist. At the Winter Games in Harbin (China), the Kazakhstan team consisting of Dmitry Chvykov, Alexander Kolmakov, Andrey Verveikin, Maxim Polunin took First place. In individual competition Dmitry Chvykov became the Champion of Asiada, Alexander Kolmakov - the silver prize-winner.
Vladimir Chernyaev, Andrey Verveikin, Aleksanr Taranov, Sergey Ozernykh, Sergey Bryzgalov in different years became Champions and prize-winners of Republican, All-Union and International competitions.
A special, invaluable role in the development of ski jumping in the Republic as the organizers contributed: Uskov Gennady Ivanovich, who for many years worked as the head coach of the Kazakh SSR and the USSR; Major General Novikov Pavel Maksimovich, who for many years headed the Central Sports Club of the Army. It was thanks to the support of Pavel Maksimovich Novikov and his direct participation that the modern International Complex of Ski Jumps in Almaty was built. Among the athletes, special contribution was made by: Vladimir Chernyaev - world class master of sports USSR, 6-time Champion of the USSR, Champion of SKDA 1982, Champion of the USSR Cup, multiple winner and prize-winner of International competitions. Andrey Verveikin - world class master of sports USSR, 5-time USSR Champion, twice winner of the USSR Cup, 4th and 5th place at the 1989 World Championship, 1989 SKDA Champion, winner and prize-winner of many international competitions, 1996 Asian Games Champion in the team event.
Brought up on the experience and example of these athletes, a new generation has grown up. At the World Cup in Germany 2006 year Kazakhstan jumpers consisting of Radik Japarov, Nikolai Karpenko, Ivan Karaulov, Asan Takhtakhunov, under the guidance of coaches Kairat Biekenov and Evgeny Buev took 6th place in the team competition. The pupil of Kazakhstan sports Igor Sviridov in 2010 in Zakopane became the winner of the World Championship among veterans in his age group.

PUBLIC ASSOCIATION «FEDERATION OF ALPINE SKIING, FREESTYLE AND SNOWBOARD»:

President - YERKINBAYEV YERZHAN MALIKULY from 2022.

Alpine skiing has an ancient history. It is generally accepted that in a close to modern view, downhill descent appeared in the middle of the XIX century, when the Norwegian Sondre Norheim popularized skiing with concave edges and tightly fixing the heel with willow mounts, as well as turns of the telemark and slalom.

ORIGINS:

The first skis date back to prehistoric times. Ancient skis in the form of wooden boards are still found in peatlands in Russia, Finland, Sweden and Norway. Radiocarbon analysis showed that fragments of skis found in Russia appeared 7-8 thousand years BC. It is likely that skiing has been used in northern countries for millennia.

FIRST COMPETITION:

In the old days, skis were used as a means of transportation, and they became a sport at the end of the 19th century. References to the first non-military competitions in northern and central Norway date back to the 40s of the 19th century. The first Norwegian championship was organized in the capital Christiania (now Oslo) in 1868, the legendary Sondra Norheim won it. This time is considered to be the beginning of the era of the development of skiing. A few decades later, skiing began to spread throughout Europe and the United States, where miners competed among themselves in winter. The first slalom tournament was organized in 1922 in Swiss Murren by Sir Arnold Lunn.

OLYMPIC HISTORY:

The men's and women's alpine skiing events debuted in the Olympic program in 1936 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The only set of awards was played in combination (downhill and slalom). In 1948, separate downhill and slalom competitions were added to the program, and four years later they additionally played awards in giant slalom. Finally, in 1988, the fourth separate discipline, the giant slalom, entered the program.

HISTORY OF ALPINE SKIING IN KAZAKHSTAN:

Alpine skiing in Kazakhstan appeared in 1937, thanks to Austrian skiers Ivan Gruzis, Anton Weiss and Witold Radal. They were the first to assess the potential of local slopes and began to ride on the slopes of Verigina Mountain (Kok-Tobe). Soon they began to teach the ability to ski the local youth.
Among their students were hero pilot Sergei Lugansky, future ski legend Yuri Menzhulin, and climber Viktor Kolokolnikov. They became the founders of the movement of fans of alpine skiing in Kazakhstan. In search of new places for skiing, the guys studied the slopes in the vicinity of the city. During one of the climbing trips to the Talgar Pass, Viktor Kolokolnikov tried to move off the slope of the mountain. He liked the slope. Soon, the first ski competitions were held in the Gorelnik area.
At the first national championship (1950 year) in downhill, Almaty Guy Severin bypassed all his competitors. In that generation of Kazakhstan athletes there were many winners of All-Union competitions and participants of international tournaments - Galina Gudkova, Peter Delver, Leonid Orekhov, Yuri Kabin, Alexander Savorovsky, Vasily Dzhanbekov and many others. Their disciples continued the work of their mentors with dignity. Mansur Khusainov, Valery Semenov, Lyubov Kostromina and Tatyana Omelchenko brought glory to Kazakhstan's school of alpine skiing.
The first participation in the Winter Olympic Games - 1956 year in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Alexandra Artemenko performed in the USSR national team.
Alexandra Artemenko in 1951 as part of the Russian national team came to Almaty for her first USSR championship. She really liked the local slopes. The coaches enrolled her at the Leningrad Institute of Physical Education, but she decided to stay and entered the Almaty Institute of Physical Education.
A year later, the skier became the winner of the USSR Championship, and in 1953 she won it for the first time. Speaking for our republic, Alexandra became the 11-time champion of the Soviet Union, 21-time medalist of the USSR championships.
In 1956, she participated in the VII Winter Olympic Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo as part of the USSR national team. From a young age, Artemenko was engaged in coaching and prepared 11 champions of the country. Alexandra Ivanovna organized all kinds of physical training competitions during the summer preparatory period. She was the first to introduce ski jumping into the practice of training skiers. Eleven of her pupils became champions of the USSR. Until the age of 82, she rode the Shymbulak every winter and worked as an instructor, giving advice to beginners. Since 2001 there are competitions for «Prize Artemenko A.I.»
In 1961 at KG «Shymbulak» began to hold an open tournament for the prize «Silver Edelweiss». It was attended by both ski enthusiasts and the strongest skiers of the Union. Even representatives of Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria and Poland came. Skiers competed in categories such as slalom, giant slalom and downhill, as well as eventing. Often, Almaty skiers became the winners of the competition.

PUBLIC ASSOCIATION «FEDERATION OF ALPINE SKIING, FREESTYLE AND SNOWBOARD»:

President - YERKINBAYEV YERZHAN MALIKULY from 2022.

PUBLIC ASSOCIATION «EAST KAZAKHSTAN REGIONAL SKI SPORTS FEDERATION»:

President - ELENA ANATOLYEVNA KRUGLYKHINA from 2023.

«HOT DOGGING»:

It is known that at the beginning of the 20th century, enthusiasts from Norway, Italy and Austria did somersaults on skis, and in the early 1920s Americans began to perform somersaults and rotations. Freestyle received a serious impetus in the United States in the 60s, when the development of ski equipment was added to new trends in society and freedom of expression. This led to a fascinating new riding technique called «hot dogging». In slang, it meant performing daring and bizarre stunts. This very accurately described a new phenomenon that combined elements of acrobatics, jumping and a powerful adrenaline rush.
Before that, freestyle was a kind of show with the aim of siphoning off money from lovers of watching extreme skiing tricks. The first freestyle competition was held in New Hampshire in 1966. The World Cup in this sport has been played since 1978, the first freestyle world championship was held in France in 1986, and the sport appeared in the Winter Olympics in 1988. To date, mogul and acrobatics, ski cross and slopestyle are considered Olympic disciplines.

RECOGNITION:

In 1979, the International Ski Federation (FIS) recognized freestyle skiing and introduced rules to protect athletes from too dangerous elements. A year later, the first FIS Freestyle World Cup took place.

OLYMPIC EVOLUTION:

In 1988, freestyle was included in the Calgary Winter Olympics program as an exhibition sport. Women and men competed in three disciplines: mogula, ski acrobatics and ski ballet. Four years later, at the Albertville Games, medals were already being played in the mogul. In 1994, ski acrobatics acquired official status in Lillehammer. Ski cross made its debut at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, and in 2014 the first Olympic competitions in ski slopestyle and halfpipe were held in Sochi.

HISTORY OF FREESTYLE DEVELOPMENT IN KAZAKHSTAN:

The USSR freestyle team included athletes from Kazakhstan A.V. Bannikov, M.Sh. Ablyatifov.
In the 90s years of the XX century, a freestyle team already existed in Kazakhstan. The first freestyle coach in the mogul discipline was V.A. Bannikov, his pupils regularly performed at the European Cups and World Cups. The most good results were shown by Bannikov's son V.A., participant of five Olympic Games A.V. Bannikov and pupil of Belarusian school of freestyle, but a native of East Kazakhstan city of Ust-Kamenogorsk Kormysheva I.
The team mainly trained at Shymbulak Group of Companies.
At the end of 80-x beginning of 90-x years of the last century there were lovers to twist the somersaults in the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk. In their free time from factory work, Bindyukov V. and Ushakov L. demonstrated the skill of ski acrobatics on the basis of 37 km. The first freestyle coach in mogul discipline in Ust-Kamenogorsk was coach Sapiyanov E.K. His pupils Sidorov I. and Tsoberg D. Later Sapiyanov E.K. continued his coaching activity in Almaty and today works as freestyle coach in ski-cross discipline.
At the end of 90-x experienced skiers who brought up more than one master of sports of the USSR and international class in alpine skiing took up serious development of freestyle and nurturing of Kazakhstan athletes on the basis of East Kazakhstan region of Ust-Kamenogorsk - Sokolov VB and Lemeshko V.P. They managed to organize a coaching staff, which included experienced children's trainers Aksenov S. and Korshunova A. The senior team consisted of former skiers from 15 to 17 years: Kotlyarov V. Sokolov V., Tsoberg D., Fefelova N., Rybalova D., Barmashov D. In parallel, the recruitment of younger athletes was carried out, from them the current world stars, such as Galysheva Yu., Reicherd D, Kolmakov P., Radionova Yu.
Athletes from Kazakhstan became prize-winners of Stages of World Cups, Cup of Europe, World Championships, Youth World Championships, Winter University Games.
The highest achievement in the mogul was Yulia Galysheva winning a bronze medal at the Winter Olympics 2018 in Pyeongchang.
In 2000 in South Kazakhstan region, Shymkent trainer Ablyatifov M.Sh. engaged in freestyle development in acrobatics discipline. He conducted recruiting of young athletes from summer types of gymnastics and acrobatics, taught them how to ski, and then carried and complicated snow tricks. The first ski acrobats were his children Ablyatifova Diana and the bronze medalist of the Asian Games-2011 Ablyatifov Ruslan, as well as the participant of the 2nd Olympic Games 2010, 2014, the bronze medalist of the Asian Games-2011 Zhibek Arapbaeva and the two-time winner of the 1st place in the overall standings of the European Cup, the winner of the World Cup, the finalist of the Olympic Games 2014 Zhanbota Aldabergenova.
Also, since 2009, Berestovsky S. has been engaged in acrobatics in the city of Pavlodar, whose coach was Namerikov G. Berestovsky S. is a participant in the Asian Games 2011, as well as a participant in the Olympic Games 2014 in Sochi.
In 2010, a freestyle team in ski cross discipline was created on the basis of the Shymbulak ski club. The head coach became Bannikov V.A., the head coach Sapiyanov E.K. Their pupils perform in world-class competitions - these are Sapiyanova A., Mullaev A., Kairat O., Aldabergenov M.

PUBLIC ASSOCIATION «FEDERATION OF ALPINE SKIING, FREESTYLE AND SNOWBOARD»:

President - YERKINBAYEV YERZHAN MALIKULY from 2022.

YOUNG SPORT:

Snow riding on boards appeared in the 60s in the United States, where extreme athletes were looking for new ways to entertain in winter. Over the next 10 years, enthusiasts established the production of snowboards, and this sport began to conquer the world. Snowboarding attracted the interest of surfers and skateboarders and received nationwide recognition in the 80s.

MOUNTAIN CONFRONTATION:

In the late 70s, snowboarders began to flood traditional ski resorts, but met with a rebuff from skiers trying to oust uninvited guests from their favorite slopes. However, by the 90s, almost all resorts recognized snowboarding and found an excellent source of additional income in it.

OFFICIAL STATUS:

The logical step was to hold competitions. In 1982, the first US snowboarding championship was held, and a year later, the first world championship was held there. Seven years later, the International Snowboarding Federation (ISF) was organized. In 1994, the International Ski Federation (FIS) included snowboarding in its list of disciplines. This opened the doors for snowboarders to the Winter Olympics.

OLYMPIC DEBUT:

Women's and men's snowboarding debuted at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, where slalom and halfpipe competitions were held. The new sport has become popular. Four years later, in Salt Lake City, the program was composed of a halfpipe and a parallel giant slalom. Snowboard cross was added in Turin. In this discipline, participants compete in groups of four people on a track with bend bends, springboards and other relief elements.

HISTORY OF SNOWBOARD DEVELOPMENT IN KAZAKHSTAN:

Since 2002 in the Republic of Kazakhstan there is a national regular snowboard team. The only snowboard discipline that the team is engaged in is the parallel giant slalom.
In 2014, the athlete from Kazakhstan (Tsoi Valeria) first took part in the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi (23rd place).
In total, snowboard has 5 Olympic disciplines: parallel giant slalom, snowboard cross, halfpipe, slopestyle and big air.