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.http://www.tackyworld.com/skateboard/article/?id=107551 

Surfin wis the first buirdsport, oreeginatin frae Polynesie cultur. Skatebuirdin wis then inventit bi surfers leukin tae "surf" on land.http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/skateboard.html 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.http://www.snowboardinghistory.com/  Most buirdsports hae similar, equally unkent oreegins. 

Uisin data collectit in the past decade, it is estimatit there is 18-50 million skatebuirders,http://www.hickoksports.com/history/skateboarding.shtml#hist1 https://archive.today/20120712054635/findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m4021/is_2002_Oct_1/ai_92087410/ 5-25 million surfers.http://www.surfline.com/community/whoknows/whoknows.cfm?id=1012 an 10-20 million snawbuirdershttp://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=587281 in the warld. Approximately 100 million fowk pairticipate in buirdsports warldwide.

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 Shortbuird
 Langbuird

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