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Snowboarding: A Breif History

1929: The first known account of someone making a board is tied to M.J. “Jack” Burchett, who in 1929 secured his feet to a piece of wood with clothesline and horse reins.
1964: Muskegon engineer Sherman Poppen develops a “Snurfer” for his daughter Wendy. Sporting a rope at its nose and crude metal prongs for foot [...]

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