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snowboarding history
Snowboarding is much like a combination of surfing, skiing and skateboarding. We cant really say who invented the sport; many different people discovered ways to slide down a snow slope and credit cannot be given to any one individual.
The concept of snowboarding seems to be an amalgam of these different methods people used to slide down the slopes. No other Olympic event owes more to youth culture and clever marketing than snowboarding. The youngest Olympic sport has evolved from a daredevil backcountry pastime into one of the fastest-growing sports in on earth. American Sherwin Poppen is often credited with the mass production of the earliest snowboard in the mid-60s. Called the Snurfer for surfing on snow, it was essentially a beefed-up skateboard covered with staples to provide traction and a hand-held rope attached for steering. The Snurfer was marketed and sold as a toy, but the 60s leisure movement really saw the Snurfer’s potential as a legitimate piece of sporting equipment. A small group of thrill-seekers took the Snurfer into the snow where it gathered a large and loyal following. Because of its limited control mechanisms, the Snurfer earned a reputation for danger, so most commercial ski centers would not allow them on the slopes. |
Early snowboarding pioneers such as Tom Sims, Jake Burton Carpenter and Demetrije Milovich improved upon the original Snurfer design. They built snowboards with steel edges and adjustable foot straps. Snowboarding became a winter alternative to the summer board sports. Some commercial ski areas opened their slopes to snowboarding in the early 1980s
Olympic snowboarding continues to grow. At the 2006 Olympic Games, riders will also compete in the women's and men's snowboard cross, a new event. Competitors will navigate a difficult alpine course filled with moguls, waves and spines (jumps with Ninety degree angles)
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