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Snowboarding began in the
United States in the 1960's when Sherman Poppen invented the "snurfer"
it is a simple boardwith a rope handle atached to its nose (Seen on the
left). Snurfing as a sport was taken up by skier, surfer, and
skateboarders enthusiasts who then started to improve on the idea. |
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Jake Burton Carpenter
attached rubber foot straps to the boards. These early buildings had a
major impact on snowboarding, it gave the snowboarders much more control.
Jake Burton Carpenter was a former skateboard world
champion.
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Tom Sims, also started developing new boards , experimenting
with different shapes and material. By late1970's snowboarding as it came
to be called, was well on its way to becoming an established sport. |
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Skiers used to think
snowboarders were just wild and crazy kids, but in 1981, with a steel
edged board Jake Burton Carpenter won the the first snowboard championship
which was held in the United States. |
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Many snowboarding
tricks were first done on skate boards like the one you see on the
left. That is why most people liked snowboards so much because they
were so much like skateboards and surfing but in the winter. |
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A sport in the winter like
skateboarding and surfing that is mostly why snowboarding was
created. Today snowboarding is one of the most popular snow sports. |
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Now snowboarding has media
coverage and is bringing more skateboarders, surfers and even skiers who
think that snowboarders are much more appealing ever since it became a
official sport. Snow boarding is now in the Olympics. |
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