"Snowboarding is one of the fastest growing sports in America and around the world."ÃÂ Snowboarding has come a long way since it was first an idea. Snowboarding isn't just your "normal"ÃÂ sport. It is actually considered an "extreme"ÃÂ sport. Snowboarding is a great social sport and good exercise. The history of this sport is more interesting than some other sports. The equipment is different from the "average"ÃÂ sport. Tricks and showing off are essential in snowboarding.
Many sports have a very boring start. Snowboarding started out as an idea from a skateboarder the d the winter. He didn't like it that for about four months he couldn't skate because of snow. His name was Tom Sims, and his creation was the "Ski Board"ÃÂ. He created it for an eighth grade wood shop project. The "Ski Board"ÃÂ looked like a water ski with a short rope attached on the front.
The rider would hold a rope but the board could turn. Soon, inspired by Tom's school project, many homemade boards were made. Then two years after the "Ski Board"ÃÂ a man named Sherman Poppen created a "Snurfer"ÃÂ for his children. He created this by bolting two skis together. Then after a while, he began having competitions. The sport of snowboarding took a change for the better when Dimitrije Milovevich started to make his snowboard, which was named "Winterstick"ÃÂ. It basically looked like surfboards but worked on the same key elements that skis did. "Newsweek"ÃÂ magazine did a two-page report on this creation and inspired another person to begin making snowboards. Jake Burton, who is now one of the most successful owners of a snowboard company, made boards and offered free lessons. Then Mike Olsen began making boards and became the founder of "Gnu"ÃÂ, another successful...