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In 1929 M.J. "Jack" Burchett created one of the first snowboards by cutting out a plank of plywood securing it to his feet using horse reins and clothes line.
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Sherman Poppen developed the "Snurfer" as a present for his daughter in 1965. After overwhelming interest in the product, Poppen licensed the "Snurfer" with Brunswick. It became a popular gift and sold one million units in the decade following its introduction.
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Dimitrije Milovich based his new snowboard design off of the new short surfboards. His invention the "Winterstick" became nationally recognized in magazines leading to expanded interest in the product. He later created the WInterstick Company which became the first snowboard company.
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The snowboards Milovich created get mentioned in magazines such as Newsweek and Playboy.
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Dimitrije Milovich's company, Winterstick, begins and releases its first swallow tail board in a basically non-existant market.
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Tom Sims takes previous versions of snowboards and puts aluminium sheeting on the bottom for more speed.
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Jake Burton had been Snurfering since a young age because his parents would not buy him a surfboard so he turned to Snurfing instead. He made his original boards out of laminated hardwood with the worlds first binding. Jake won the first competition he entered with the board and simultaneously changed the world of Snurfing forever.
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At the annual snurfer contest in Michigan Paul Graves wows the crowd with his freestyle demonstration. He performed four sliding 360s and even dropped down to one knee for part of the course. He finished his run by dismounting with a front flip.
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It was the first national snowboarding organization that held competitions and was soon to be followed by the International Snowboarding Association the next year and the International Snowboarding Federation the year after that.
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Snowboarding was introduced to the Olympics in 1998 in Nagano, Japan. The events that year included Giant Slalom and Halfpipe for both men and women. There was some controversy surrounding the games though. The FIS (International Ski Federation) got jurisdiction over the competitions even though the ISF (International Snowboarding Federation) was well established. Even though the ISF was not thought up to the task of running the Olympic competitions it was a huge leap forward for the sport.
