Snow boarding started with a guy named Jack Burchett. He had a plank of ply wood, tied together with horse reins, that was his new invention. 30 years later an eighth grade student named Tom Sims (who eventually created the sims snowboards), who was obsessed with skate boarding made a “ski board” as a woodwork project. It was a rounded plank of pine with a nose kick in the front and a carpet on top to supply much needed traction. The bottom had aluminium and candle wax that would supply the sliding action that allowed him to surf across the snow. it caught the eye of a few people here and there but it didn’t get caught commercially until 1965. A dad was trying to get his kids out of the house on a snowy day, so he invented the Snurfer (snow and surf together). It was 2 children’s skis bolted together and a length of cord for balance. Eventually he had the neighborhood at his doorstep asking for the same thing, and 6 months later the snurfer was patented and manufactured. Even after that everyone saw it was a kids toy, nothing for adults. 1972 Dimitrije Milovich made the first sno
wboard as we know them today. But even if people started riding them, the ski resorts wouldn’t let them in, they said that their insurance policy didn’t cover them. He later showed them up with a written confirmation from major insurance brokers for ski resorts. That is when everything changed. Later the growing sport was recognized by the winter Olympics, and team GB sent 7 snowboard athletes to sochi to compete in the snowboard slope style. The on going sport has blown up, remember to wear the proper gear if you ever decide to try it out, I encourage you to.
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