After years of waiting, the Winter Olympics are back as Milan and Cortina will open the games on Friday.

Snowboarding combines elements of surfing, skateboarding and skiing, the sport was developed in the United States in the 1960s as people began to seek out new winter activities.

The opening will be unique as co-host Cortina d'Ampezzo will join the celebrations from more than 400 kilometres (250 miles) away in the mountains, in a spectacle expected to draw a huge global audien...