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Snowboarder Torah Bright of Australia competing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
The Winterstick snowboard was created by the surfer Dimitrije Milovich. Introduced in 1975, the board served as a significant turning point in the history of the sport, garnering attention from Newsweek magazine and helping to inspire the development of early snowboarding companies.1