Snowboarding began in the mid-1960's
by Sherman Poppen. He called it the snurfer. All it was were two
skies straped together and a rope on the front. His daughter tested
it and loved it. It got more and more popular and people started to
improve it. 
This guy is in a half-pipe competition.
This guy is snowboarding back-country. It takes lots of skill.
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This board is one of the first Burtons. |
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This is a picture of an old Burton Backhill. This board is from the late 60's. Lots of boards were made in the 60's. It took a lot of time and effort to get to the point were snowboards are today.
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Jake Burton and Tom sims were famous for improving and riding snowboards. They experimented with new
shapes and ways to ride. At first snowboarders didn't have places to
go so the boarded on ski slopes. This caused problems between skiers
and snowboarders. skiers thought that snowboarding tore up ski
slopes. Snowboarders finally got a places to go and skiers got there
way.
This racer is from the 80's.
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