Snowboarding was declared an Olympic sport in 1994. Four years later the actual snowboarding event took place in the 1998 games.

Nowadays it is widely accepted as a real competitive sport, not just some new trend destined to fade out. Snowboarding is very popular in this part of Spain, and Jaca has the perfect facilities for it.

This year Jaca will host the industry’s annual “snowjam” event in it’s Astun resort. It was chosen, as it is located right in the heart Spain’s snowboard industry. Snowjam is an industry tradeshow organised solely for the Spanish snowboard market.

2005 will be the third year it has been running. Last year’s event proved to be a big success and, and the organisers (Spolik SL) say that the concept for the 2005 show will be even more professional. Last year, they had over 80 brands and 560 visitors. The main aims of this years event are to: display larger numbers of snowboarding brands, attract more visitors and to create a working atmosphere among snowboarding professionals.

The event takes place over four days from 13th - 16th of February 2005, from 11.00am till 9.00 in the evening. Products on display will include: hard goods, clothes, boards, boots, bindings, glasses, footwear, gloves, helmets, bags, watches, accessories and more…