Sherman Poppen of the United States is considered the âfather of the snowboardâ because in 1965 he invented the Snurfer, considered the first snowboard. He created it by bolting two skis together and adding a rope for steering. The Snurferâs popularity quickly spreadâapproximately one million of them had been sold by the end of the 1970s.
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