Snowboarding

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and a more stable base, it was dubbed the "Snurfer", a mix with snow and surfer, because of its no-binding surf style of riding.
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.

Also in 1972, Bob Webber received a patent for his "SkiBoard," another board directly from the surf idea.



In 1975, Dimitrije Milovich developed the Winterstick, a historic brand famous for the first videos of snowboards being ridden in powder. He started production of the "Swallowtail" design for riding in deep powder, often using iron edges on his earlier boards. During the following two years Dimitrije also reached an important agreement with Petit Morey and Kendall, the two main insurance companies of American ski resorts, to ...

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with steering and friction were solved, real bindings needed to be built for better control. Jeff Grell built the first bindings with a back spoiler to hold the legs on back-side turns. This allowed the snowboard to take off in public.

This was the beginning of the standard snowboard. Now snowboard manufacturers are taking ideas from the past and using them to create fine tuned boards that work specifically for the rider. There are a few materials and technologies that every manufacturer uses. Among these are camber, P-tex, flex, Poly MDI and others.

Flex is the ability of the board to bend; a stiff flex is for a race board because it allows for better performance at high ...

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