Sherman Poppen surfer had a wild
idea
to surf the wintery scape of the rocky mountains. Sherman made his
prototype out of 2 children skiis bolted together. It was a present
for his daughter Wendy. The next year, 1965 the snurfer ( Snow-surfer )
was finding its way around toy stores in 1965 for the price of only
$15. One-million snurfers were sold in under 10 years of it being in
the market. Over the years the so called “snurfer” was quickly
going down hill, Literally. It went downhill because of it's limited
control, and an unstable board isn't the thing people wanted to think
about when riding down the rocky mountains.
But then the savior
of all
snowboards came, Jake Burton Carpenter. He made the company that now
manufactures all the Burton boards today. Jake Burton was completely
into the idea of sliding down a hill or mountain on snow. When
the snurfer started to die, Burton was on the case. He added bindings
and edges for carving and stability. In 1977 Bob Webber made the
famous “YELLOW BANANA” board made out of polyurethane.Chuck
Barfoot invented fiberglass in snowboard production making the
snowboard a lot more flexible and easier to pop. From then on the
snurfer now known as the snowboard has been a popular sport in the
winter. |
JAKE BURTON: SNOWBOARD REVOLUTION
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