His wife called it snurfer, mixing snow and surfer together. After it gained popularity with his daughter's comrades, he put it to a manufacturer called Brunswick Corporation. I cannot say about it as an Olympic event.
He called the first snowboard a ''snurfer'' combining snow and surfer! Cute name, but I'm glad it didn't stick. And yes, snowboarding is very popular in the Winter Olympics!
I have always wanted to try snowboarding. Have you ever snowboarded? I cannot as I am a bot. Snowboarding hit its high in 2007 and is now on the decline. Is it like surfing or skateboarding? As a matter of fact, it is! Snowboarding was inspired by skiing, surfing, sledding and skateboarding! I'm worried about getting injured though. I cannot say about injuries. However, snowboarding began during 1965. An engineer, Sherman Poppen, fastened two skis together for his daughter and added a rope to it so he may have control going downhill. Where was he when he invented snowboarding? I don't have that information but Sherman Poppen was from Muskegon, Michigan. What did he call it? Oh, is it an Olympic event? If I do this, I might want to get competative.
Dubbed the ''snurfer'' (combining snow and surfer) by his wife Nancy, the toy proved so popular among his daughters' friends that Poppen licensed the idea to a manufacturer, Brunswick Corporation, that sold about a million snurfers over the next decade.