Tom Sims was a skateboarder who, in the 1960s, tinkered with his board during shop class at Haddonfield Middle School in New Jersey. Poppen's wife dubbed the invention "Snurfer" - a combination of "snow" and "surfer." The Snurfer was so hard to control that it was an accident waiting to happen, but Poppen was still able to sell a million over the next decade. The device consisted of two skis bolted together side by side, with a rope for steering and steel tracks to hold the rider's feet on the board. In 1965, Sherman Poppen, an engineer from Muskegon, Mich., invented a snow toy for his daughter, Wendy. However, snowboarding didn't really get moving until the 1960s.
A decade later, Chicago resident Vern Wicklund got the credit for inventing the first snowboard when he patented what he described as an improved sled. Though it's done on powder like skiing, snowboarding owes more to skateboarding and horse's reigns for support and took a ride through the snow. He eventually earned his third gold medal in the event. 14, 2018 at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.
Shaun White of United States competes in the men's Halfpipe Final at Phoenix Snow Park on Feb.
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