| Sherman Poppen is credited with providing the | | | | During the next decade, snowboarding slowly started |
| inspiration for snowboarding. In 1965, he watched his | | | | getting popular, especially after design changes were |
| daughter trying to stand as she rode her sled | | | | done to the 1980s snowboard designs. Now there |
| downhill. This gave him the idea of creating the | | | | were highback bindings and metal edges which made |
| 'Snurfer". Snurfer was nothing but two skis screwed | | | | is much easier to ride a snowboard. However, during |
| together and word comes from combining snow and | | | | this period, snowboard got associated with teenagers |
| surfing. Over years thousands of Snurfers were sold | | | | and everyone viewed the sport negatively. |
| and though the Snurfer was not designed for | | | | Teenagers used the snowboards to tests their limits |
| technical riding, it was instrumental in inspiring | | | | and many ski resorts ended up banning snowboarding |
| snowboarding as we know it today. | | | | on their slopes. |
| In 1970s, Jake Burton Carpenter and many other | | | | However, as time went by snowboarding started |
| designers started checking out new designs and | | | | becoming popular with other age groups and in 1995, |
| materials for snowboards. During that time snurfing | | | | ESPN used Extreme Sports to launch snowboarding, |
| was very popular and not many people were | | | | among other sports, to the rest of the world. In |
| enthusiastic about taking a board with a new design. | | | | 1998, snowboarding made its debut in Winter |
| However, this did not deter the designers and the | | | | Olympics in Japan and the sport has ended up |
| first snowboarding competition was held in 1981 in | | | | becoming one of the biggest winter pastimes ever. |
| Leadville, Colorado. | | | | |