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THE HISTORY OF THE SNOWBOARD
The first evidences of this sport go back to principles of the 1910, when the people wanted to fix their feet to a plank of plywood by means of fishing ropes and reins of horses to be able to lower by the slopes of the snowy mountains. The snowboard began in 1965 when Sherman Poppen, an engineer from Muskegon, Michigan, invented a toy for his daughters by joining two skis and tying them to a rope with which to have control over the board. He called it "snurfer" -
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THE HISTORY OF THE SNOWBOARD
Snowboard or even snowboard is an extreme winter sport, in which a board is used to slide on a slope covered by snow. The basic equipment to practice it are the aforementioned table, bindings and boots. He joined the program of the Olympic Winter Games in 1998.