Origin Story of Snowboarding

Описание: Music:
Nirvana - Drain You
Blind Melon - No Rain

Information Sources:

03/16/20
Coffey, Hellen. "Should ski resorts be allowed to ban snowboarders?" Telegraph, 26 Apr. 2016. Telegraph.co.uk/, www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/ski/articles/should-ski-resorts-be-able-to-ban-snowboarders-/. Accessed 4 Feb. 2020.
This article explains if ski resorts should be allowed to ban snowboarding. Back in the 80's most resorts did not accept snowboarding, now there are 3 remaining resorts that still do this.

Danielle. "French ski resorts to ban snowboarders from the slopes." Snowplaza, 1 Apr. 2018, www.snowplaza.co.uk/blog/french-ski-resorts-implement-snowboarding-ban/.
Accessed 4 Feb. 2020. It is pretty commonly known that most ski resorts in the United States allow snowboarding now unlike the 80's. Now in France resort owners are trying to do the same thing hundreds of ski resorts in the U.S. did back in the 80's.

Forbes. 16 Dec. 2020, www.forbes.com/sites/robreed/2019/12/16/the-legacy-of-snowboarding-pioneer-jake-burton-carpenter/#564dc2de2386.
Accessed 28 Jan. 2020. In 2019 the most notable figure of snowboarding, Jake Carpenter died. Most of Jake's life was dedicated to making snowboarding the massive sport it is today and without him, snowboarding may never have become a recognized sport at all.
MacArthur, Paul. "The Top Ten Important Moments in Snowboarding History." Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2010, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-top-ten-important-moments-in-snowboarding-history-6851590/. Accessed 2 Feb. 2020.
This article goes over all of the competitions and events that have played the largest roles in snowboarding history.

Meyers, Stephen. "Meyers: Colorado ski resorts used to ban snowboarding, too." Coloradoan [Colorado], 2 Apr. 2014. Coloradoan.com, www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2014/04/02/meyers-colorado-ski-resorts-used-to-ban-snowboarding-too-/7223643/. Accessed 4 Feb. 2020.
Now only 3 resorts are known to not allow snowboarding in the United States. This article goes over all of the history of banning snowboarding in the snowboarding epicenter, Colorado.

New York Times. 9 Aug. 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/sports/sherm-poppen-dead.html. Accessed 21 Feb. 2020.
Sherm Poppen, who helped start the snowboarding industry in the 1960s when he bolted together his older daughter's skis to create a stand-up board that could surf the snowy sand dunes behind their lakeside cottage in Michigan, died on July 31 at his home in Griffin, Ga. He was 89.

Sandomir, Richard. "Jake Burton Carpenter, Who Ushered in Snowboarding as a Sport, Dies at 65." New York Times, www.nytimes.com/2019/11/22/sports/jake-burton-carpenter-snowboarding-dead.html. Accessed 22 Nov. 2019.
On November, 22nd 2019 Jake Burton died of prostate cancer.