There are six snowboarding events on the 2010 Olympic program:
Both halfpipe events were contested at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, where snowboarding made its Olympic debut. The parallel giant slalom events appeared on the Olympic program for the first time in 2002, replacing the two giant slalom events that were contested in Nagano. The snowboard cross events made their debut on the Olympic program at the 2006 Torino Games.
