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The Snurfer
-The first ever type of snowboard ever made was made by a engineer, Sherman Poppen, in 1965. Sherman did this by putting two skis together and adding a rope for control this lead to a stand up board. -https://skihall.com/hall-of-famers/sherman-poppen/?srsltid=AfmBOop5RubceJEZuhpTNNXoBLabAin5h0Fe7oKkw0sdyXj5N3CERuV8
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Winterstick
-In 1972, Dimitrije Milovich and Wayne Stoveken invented there own board to surf on the snow they then moved to new jersey, and Utah to test and refine there prototype board on the fabled powder. they are still making boards to this day. -https://www.winterstick.com/pages/about-us?srsltid=AfmBOorXoI2r4wZKd-5ijxNYUKWy1QmiIdYGZ229yuB1cK3J9Pzj6eWh
-https://www.redbull.com/us-en/history-of-snowboarding -
Sims
-Sims was founded in 1976, Tom sims was a pioneer and world champion of skateboarding and snowboarding. Tom had one goal in mind when he established the SIMS brand: create the world's leading Surf, Skate and Snow brand. -https://simsnow.jp/pages/history
-https://www.redbull.com/us-en/history-of-snowboarding -
GNU
-In 1977 GNU snowboards were founded Mike Olson and Pete Saari, they made history in the 1980s by making boards made specifically for women. -https://www.gnu.com/about-us?srsltid=AfmBOoqNSgLWAEZYyClv3NUUUGkkg9xmDyKY_npr53zQQpA1gT08hCd1
-https://www.redbull.com/us-en/history-of-snowboarding -
Burton
-In 1977, Burton change the game of snowboarding from a small sport to a world class sport known across the world due to his ground breaking boards, bindings, and gear. -https://www.burton.com/us/en/content/about-us.html
-https://www.redbull.com/us-en/history-of-snowboarding -
First Snow Surfing Championships
-In 1982, snurfer Paul Graves made the first championship possible, by drawing a 125 crowd to the Vermont suicide six resort, and there riders blasting down the hill exceeding 50 miles an hour. -https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-top-ten-important-moments-in-snowboarding-history-6851590/ -
International Snowboard Magazine Debuts
-In 1985, Tom Hsieh had a idea, he wanted to put this sport on the magazines, the name was changed after and issue, but even though it wasn't fancy it still caused gossip among industry's, but at the end of the day snowboarding made it to the magazines. -https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-top-ten-important-moments-in-snowboarding-history-6851590/ -
Ski Resorts Open Their Doors to Snowboarders
In 1990, mostly all ski only resorts opened their gates to the snowboarders, except for about three resorts in North America to this day. -https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-top-ten-important-moments-in-snowboarding-history-6851590/ -
Doug Waugh Invents the Pipe Dragon
-In 1992, man made half pipes were made but at this time most resorts didn't bother because it was to labor intensive, but these man made half pipes are one of the biggest events in snowboarding competitions. -https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-top-ten-important-moments-in-snowboarding-history-6851590/ -
Snowboarding Makes an Auspicious Debut at the Winter Olympics
-In 1998, The winter Olympics debut took place in Nagano, Japan. In this debut disaster struck the snowboarding gold medalist was tested and found traces of marijuana and was stripped of his medal only to have it returned since the substance wasn’t technically banned. -https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-top-ten-important-moments-in-snowboarding-history-6851590/ -
Future boards
-The boards of the future could have a number of improvements like jet propelled, or more durable and bendy materials, it is unknown what improvements will be made in the future. Only time will tell.