A Brief History of Snowboarding
WHEN DID SNOWBOARDING FIRST START?Almost every internet article on the history of snowboarding starts some time around 1929, when a piece of plywood was strapped underfoot of a supposed M. J. “Jack” Burchett with horse reins and clothesline. Burchett is often accredited with being the first person to go snowboarding in this fashion. While who and where he was is otherwise unknown, what we do know of him gives us a satisfyingly off-the-cuff birth story of snowboarding- an appropriate beginning for a...
