[Snowboarding. History--injuries--risks--new materials--tournament on-site services--prevention].

Since the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, snowboarding has been established as a popular winter sport for youth and adults. The most frequently affected body region reported in many studies on snowboarding injuries are the wrists accounting for more than 50% of severe injuries, especially in beginners. Wrist braces are effective in protecting snowboarding beginners against wrist injuries.

[Carving risk analysis. A new still unexplored variant of alpine skiing].

Carving is a new version in alpine skiing. The continuous decrease of participants in alpine skiing beginning 1987 has been stopped, as carving has a modern image and as skier find new motivation in wintersports. The effect of carving on the incidence of injuries cannot yet be answered accurately.