Without going to a mountain and taking a few lessons it is hard to fully appreciate what the sport really is, and the sensation that riding a snowboard gives. Hopefully, my report will tell everything a person would need to know about equipment, so that they can go try the sport out for themselves. I also plan to give a bit of background information on competition, so that people can realize where the sport can lead to.

The first snowboard ever marketed was produced by Shervin Popper, in 1964. It was a crude model put together in his garage, after he saw his daughter trying to go down a hill on a sled standing up. It consisted of two of children skis strapped together, with some doweling on the top for foot attraction. His daughter took it to the local sledding hill, and soon enough all the kids wanted one.

He and his wife in the next ten years sold one hundred thousand of these contraptions for 15 dollars a piece. with new improvements such as a string at the tip for balance and a more stable base,

Another pioneer was Dimitrije Milovich, a surfer from the east coast. He made his invention because of the lack of warm water in the winter. This board also had no bindings, to stick with the surf philosophy, but it included iron edges. In the early seventies Milovich began limited production of these custom boards.

There are eight different events that are sanctioned by divisions such as ISF (International Snowboard Federation) which has divisions to suit all different levels of riding, such as USASA (United States of America Snowboarding Association).

There are many variations of the size, shape, and placement of the core within the board. For example, a board with most of the core in the center of the board would spin easier, because there would be no counterweight to slow the spin.

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