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“Although it is hard to pinpoint the pioneer of Snowboarding, the History of Snowboarding tells us that it was initiated around the 1950s by a few surf and skate enthusiasts who used self-made boards to convey their skills to a new terrain: the snow.”
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In 1963 Tom Sims created a snowboard in 8th grade shop class calling it “SkiBoard”
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In 1964 Sherman Poppen was called a “snurfer” creating the next version of a snowboard
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1975 snowboards were mentioned in american magazines
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In 1970 , Dimitrije Milovich started to develop the snowboards.
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In 1979 Jake Burton Carpenter developed snowboards out of fiber glass, in the 80’s he started adding steel edges to the sides of the snowboards.
