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A Snowboarding Blast from the Past

By ⋅ October 31, 2007 ⋅ Email this post Email this post ⋅ Print this post Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

So Google News has this wicked historical search feature. Check out this excerpt from a 1987 article in Time Magazine:

 ”Snowboarding. To traditionalists, the breezy fad is a clumsy intrusion on the sleek precision of downhill skiing, but to some 100,000 enthusiasts, many of them adolescent males, it is the coolest snow sport of the season. From Vermont to California, snowboarders are shredding the slopes on a cross between a surfboard and a ski, a 5-ft.-long, 10-in.-wide piece of laminated wood or fiber glass with fixed bindings that can easily strap around any sturdy boot. No poles needed.”

Awesome. Check out the whole article here.

A search for snurfing also reveals entertaining results.

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2 comments for “A Snowboarding Blast from the Past”

  1. i totaly agree snowboarding is one of the greatest sports of all time i am obsessed with it it may be cold icy and windy but that stop me and many others.

    Posted by tyler | November 5, 2007, 5:20 pm

  2. learn to write dude!

    Posted by ron schaffner | November 5, 2007, 10:21 pm

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