If you are a fan of snowboarding, there are many free online games available to help you get your fix without having to hit the slopes. Snowboarding is a hybrid sport that combines surfing, skiing and skateboarding. Snowboarders, strapped to their boards with special boots, maneuver down hills or across specially made ramps, and try to maintain balance and perform tricks. The sport began in the 1960'shttp://www.igluski.com/features/snowboarding-history, and today is a professional sport that is included in the Winter Olympics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowboarding#Skills_and_exercises

Online snowboarding games mimic the conditions of the actual sport, and allow players to race down slopes and perform extreme flips and tricks by using computer keys.

PGX Snowboarding is a popular game available at freeonlinegames.com. To play, you begin by choosing your player. You then select a track, and use the arrow buttons to control your snowboarder and do spins. A, S, Z and X buttons are used to grab, and you combine these with the arrow key moves to perform tricks.

Another popular snowboarding game is Supreme Extreme Snowboarding, which you can begin to play by heading over to addictinggames.com. In this game you win points by performing tricks on your board, and perform jump, spin and flipping actions while speeding down a diamond.http://www.addictinggames.com/supremeextremesnowboarding.html

Game Gecko Snowboarding is another popular game, and you may access it by visiting ugoplayer.com. In this game, you are -- you guessed it -- a gecko, and you snowboard down a path and perform jumps, eating gecko food along the way.http://www.ugoplayer.com/games/geckosnowboarding.html

Look for more free snowboarding games below in the list of links.