LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Long before snowboards edged their way into the Olympic world , riding them was more of a pasttime than a sport. More than searching for gold medals, riders dug out halfpipes in parks and on mountains and tried to do something cool. Often the “judging,” as it were, wasn’t about getting one or two specific jumps perfect, but rather, who could come up with something tougher, better, trickier. That is the core of the word that defines snowboarding: Progression . It’s a word

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