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surfboard
Tom Blake invented the surfboard. Some of the idea for snowboarding came from surfboarding. -
Snowbording has become an idea
M.J. "Jack" Burchett. Cut out a plank of plywood in 1929 and tried to secure his feet with some clothesline and horse reins. -
skateboard
The skateboard idea came from surfing. They wanted somthing to ride when the waves were flat. -
Sherman Poppen invented the snurfer
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Sold half a million snurfers
Sherman Poppen, a chemical gases engineer in Muskegon, invented "The Snurfer" (his wife came up with the name) as a toy for his daughter. -
Dimitrije Milovich started coming up with more ideas for snowboarding
After sliding down some hills on a cafeteria plate in College, he came up with the idea. His boards were based on surfboards combined with the way skiis work. In 1972 Milovich started a new company called "Winterstick". -
Tom Sims produced his first snowboards in
Beeing obsessed with skateboarding, Sims tried to go out in the snow and slide down the hill with a "snowboard" he built in a junior high shop-class -
Milovich left the snowboarding busines
