Snowboards
Snowboarding is the worldís fastest growing winter sport and is set to
become even more popular than skiing. It is still a young sport and there
are many people eager to learn more about the enjoyment the sport has to
offer. 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 ...
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tip for balance 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, ...
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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 speeds; a smooth ...
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