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The first form of snowbaording was made by Tom Sims
“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.” -
Tom sims developed "Skiboards"
In 1963 Tom Sims created a snowboard in 8th grade shop class calling it “SkiBoard” -
Sherman Poppen Developed the "snurfer"
In 1964 Sherman Poppen was called a “snurfer” creating the next version of a snowboard -
Snowboarding was mentioned in magazines
1975 snowboards were mentioned in american magazines -
Dimitrije Miloviche
In 1970 , Dimitrije Milovich started to develop the snowboards. -
Jake Burton
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.
