It all began in 1965 when Sherman Poppen, invented a toy for his daughter. He fastened two skis together with a rope attached to one of them to keep that board under control. And then and there the modern snowboard was invented.
Poppen called he board a ”snurfer”, thats a combination of snow and surfer. The toy became more and more popular among his daughters friends so Poppen licensed the idea. Over a millions snurfers were sold during the next decade. In the 70s.
Other inventors made similar ”snowboards” during this era. Dimitrije Milovich, Jake Burton Carpenter (founder of Burton Snowboards from Londonderry, Vermont), Tom Sims (founder of Sims Snowboards), Chuck Barfoot (founder of Barfoot Snowboards) and Mike Olson (founder of Gnu Snowboards) came up with new designs for boards and mechanisms that slowly developed into the snowboards and other related equipment that we know today.
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