The World Snowboard Federation (WSF) is the only international non-profit organization exclusively dedicated to develop the sport of snowboarding on all levels including competitive snowboarding, education, adaptive snowboarding and developing activities for riders of any age. Delegates from 14 nations formed WSF on August 10 2002 in Munich in order to fill the void after the collapse of ISF. The initiative was taken by Japan and Norway – with support from most of the nations worldwide. The Federation became operational end of November 2002. WSF represents a network of national snowboard associations that cooperate worldwide with the common goal to develop the sport. Members find a strong backbone of support and source of inspiration for their activities from WSF. WSF creates added value for everybody involved in snowboarding on a national level and can offer ideas, manuals and initiatives as a result of being together in one organization with the same goal: to progress snowboarding at all levels.