In the 1950's Snowboarding Was initiated by a few surfers who used self made boards to show off their skills in the sno. It wasn't until the 1960's when a man named Sherman Poppen made the "Snurfer". The snurfer was a split between a plywood sled and a skateboard deck. Poppen attached a rope to the front so that the rider could control the board. There were also steel tacks through the upper deck to hold the riders feet in place. Sherman Poppen originally made the snurfer for his daughter as a toy. During this time snowboarding only appealed to small groups of surfers and skateboarders. Snowboarding was very much frowned upon by skiers. Snowboarders were not allowed to ride the same regular slopes as skiers. They had to use all the back country hills. As snowboarding became more and more popular in the 1970's and 1980's snowboarding experts Dimitrije Milovich a surfer from the east coast and Jake Burton a carpenter had come up with new ideas and materials to create the snowboard, snowboard bindings, and other equipment we know and use now in days. Today snowboarding is now accepted as skiing is. People have predicted that by 2015 the number of snowboarders will over take the number of skiers by a huge percentage. Snowboarding is all about the adrenaline rush the freedom to express yourself in the form of a sport. Snowboarding made it's first big official debut in the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Japan. After the olympics snowboarding has become a booming sport.
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