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Snowboarding
Snowboarding has indeed come a long way. Inspired by Surfing and skateboarding, the sport was developed in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s and became a Winter Olympic Sport in 1998. The first modern Snowboard is the Snurfer (a blend of snow and surfer). It was designed by Sherman Poppen for his children in 1965 in Muskegon, Michigan. It was a skateboard without wheels, steered by a handheld rope, and it did not have bindings. After years of improvement and with the help of pioneers such as Dimitrijie Milovich, Jake Burton (founder of Burton Snowboards), and Tom Sims (founder of Sims Snowboards), Snowboarding is now a sport that continues to give excitement and fun to everyone.

Here are other interesting Snowboarding Facts from About.com:
  • In 2000, Snowboarding was the fastest-growing sport in the US (followed by skateboarding), with the number of enthusiasts rising to a total of just over 7.2 million.
  • There are still ski resorts in the United States that do not allow Snowboarding!
  • Snowboarding helped spark a revolution in the ski industry by inspiring ski manufacturers to make shorter, more maneuverable Skis with deeper sidecuts.