Nginikeze isifinyezo somlando wokuqala we-snowboarding
Context:I-snowboarding yanamuhla yaqalwa nguTom Sims noJake Burton Carpenter, bobabili abafaka isandla emisha ebalulekile futhi baqala izinkampani ezinethonya. Ngo-February 1968, uPoppen wahlela umncintiswano wokuqala wokushushuluza e-Michigan ski resort owaheha abathandi abavela kulo lonke izwe. Omunye walabo baphayona bokuqala kwakunguTom Sims, umlandeli we-skateboarding (umdlalo owazalwa ngawo-1950 lapho izingane zinamathisela amasondo e-roller skate kumabhodi amancane ayewaqondisa ngokushintsha isisindo sawo). Ngawo-1960, lapho efunda ibanga lesishiyagalombili eHaddonfield, eNew Jersey, uSims wakha i-snowboard ekilasini lakhe lesikole ngokunamathisela ukhaphethi phezulu kwengcezu yokhuni nokunamathisela ishidi le-aluminium phansi. Wakhiqiza ama-snowboard okuhweba maphakathi nawo-1970. Abanye bazama ukwakheka kwebhodi eqhweni ngalesi sikhathi, kufaka phakathi abathandi be-skateboard baseWales uJon Roberts noPete Matthews bakha ama-snowboards abo abazowasebenzisa emthambekeni wabo wasendaweni wokushushuluza owomile.
Ezinsukwini zokuqala i-snowboarding yasungulwa nguTom Sims noJake Burton. UJake Burton waqhubeka eyisisekelo somkhiqizo odumile wokushushuluza eqhweni, i-Burton Snowboards. Isibonelo sokuqala sokushushuluza eqhweni sasingo-February 1968. Ngawo-1960 umfundi wasekilasini lesi-8 waseHaddonfield, eNew Jersey. I-snowboard yokuqala yayenziwe ngesiqeshana esisodwa sokhuni nesiqephu se-aluminium esasixhunywe phansi. Ama-snowboard okuhweba okuqala akhiqizwa maphakathi nawo-1970.