Snurfer Essays

  • How Has Snowboarding Changed

    667 Words  | 3 Pages

    Snowboarding started in the United States in the 1960s as people wanted new winter activities. Over the next ten years, various pioneer companies increased the production of snowboards and the sport began to grow in popularity for skateboarders and surfers for a winter activity. Snowboarding evolved from little importance to more importance like an olympic sport. It did this by gaining in popularity and how good the equipment appealed to a broader audience and developed in technique and skill. In

  • Informative Essay On Water Skiing

    640 Words  | 3 Pages

    The sport of water skiing has been enjoyed for a long history dating all the way back to 1922, the water ski world has come a long way from the two pine boards Ralph Samuelson first skied in Lake City, Minnesota, which actually started the history of water skiing. On June 28, 1922 eighteen-year-old, Ralph Samuelson of Minnesota, proposed the idea that if you could ski on snow, then you could ski on water. Ralph first attempted water skiing on Lake Pepin while being towed by his brother, Ben. So,

  • Figure Skating Speech

    1704 Words  | 7 Pages

    I positively believe women's freestyle figure skating is the best Winter Olympic sport ever to be played. Reasons why this is obviously true are: When you practice for figure skating you benefit from plenty of other exercises, such as flexibility and speed. While enjoying a fun and positive practice you can build your balance, along with boosting your self confidence to help with all your glides, twirls, and turns. All your stress you get from pressure can be lost as you glide across the ice

  • Informative Essay On Snowboarding

    579 Words  | 3 Pages

    created the first surfboard for snow! Only a year later they started being produced under the name “snurfer”. However, just as quickly as they stole people's hearts were they gone, after ten good years, no one wanted them anymore. If it wasn’t for Dimitrije Milovich in 1970 who was impressed by the idea and reinvented it while using cafeteria trays in the snow. Milovich started to recreate the snurfer with better materials, seeing which would let him go in the deepest powder. Many articles were posted

  • Snowboarding Research Paper

    1793 Words  | 8 Pages

    From 1929 to 1965, with many trial and errors, the first successful snowboard was created. It actually came into limited production in 1966 when Sherman Poppen created the Snurfer (short for snow surfer) for his daughter. It became popular and desired by others so he manufactured them selling them for $15 each. The Snurfer was basically a large skateboard without wheels. It was marketed as a children’s toy. In 1977, the two creators Jake Burton Carpenter and Mike Olsen designed a very unique board