Snowboarding

Synonyms / Other Terms Used

Snowboard Cross, Snowboard Halfpipe, Snowboard Slopestyle, Freestyle Park

Category

Sports, Winter Sports, Sporting Activities, Activities, Recreation, Tourism

Message / Function

For notice in general and to indicate the location of facilities for snowboarding

	Source	Description
	ÖNORM A 3011	Human figure on snowboard with directional shape making a turn
	ON Testdesign	Human figure wearing cap, on snowboard with directional shape, making a turn
	Erco	Human figure in a deep squat on snowboard with directional shape
	WO'10	Human figure on snowboard with directional shape making a turn
	SIS	Human figure on board with twin-tip shape
	BS 8501:2002	Human figure on board with directional shape
	PC	Human figure on board with twin-tip shape
	SEGD	Human figure on board with twin-tip shape
	U.S. National Park Service	Human figure on board with twin-tip shape
	EJP	Human figure on board with twin-tip shape
	Dutchicon	Human figure figure on board with twin-tip shape, touching edge
	ON Testdesign	Human figure figure wearing cap, on board with twin-tip shape, touching edge
	Saas Fee	Human figure on snowboard inside half pipe as U-shaped contour
	WO'14	Human figure with twin-tip shape board on oval jib on the left
	WO'18	Human figure with snowboard inside half pipe
	WO'18	Human figure with snowboard on oval jib
	WO'18	Two human figures with snowboards

Discussion

This set of symbols already indicates that no single visual stereotype exists for this kind of sporting activity: as snowboarding has developed various styles exercised on a multitude of terrains and obstacles, also pictograms differ to quite an extent.

No test results for pictograms concerning the referent Snowboarding are available among our sources.

Recommendations

Snowboarding

As we expect the design above to be well comprehensible, we recommend using a pictogram similar to Public Information Symbol No 157 of ÖNORM A 3011 part 10 for general applications.