Leading by halfpipe star Shaun White and snowboard cross ace Lindsey Jacobellis, the U.S. snowboard teams are striding for another harvest at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games from Feb. 12 to 28.

Snowboarding was developed in the United States in the 1960s as people across the country began to seek out new winter activities. And since its debut at the Nagano Games 12 years ago, American snowboarders have won 14 Olympic medals, including five golds and a men's halfpipe podium sweep on home soil in 2002.

The Americans should be particularly proud of their achievements in the halfpipe events as its dominant teams have collected 10 of the possible 18 Olympic medals awarded.

White, nicknamed "Flying Tomato", is unparalleled in the high-flying halfpipe routines. After stunning the judges and crowd to triumph in Turin, Italy four years ago, the 23-year-old talent has never stopped to try new thrilling tricks and keeps his reign in the event.

Although other top American snowboarders Kevin Pearce and Danny Davis were both excluded from the Olympic squad due to injuries, White should make sure that he would steal most of the spotlights on Cypress Mountain.

The U.S. women's halfpipe team has more than one favourite as 2002 Olympic gold medallist Kelly Clark, defending Olympic champion Hannah Teter as well as Gretchen Bleiler, the runner-up four years ago, build up a formidable squad, threatening to run another sweep of the podium just as their men's counterparts did eight years ago.

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