It took 30 years and a little girl to take the next step with the invention. In 1965 Sherman Poppen, a chemical gases engineer, bound two skis together as a toy for his daughter.
http://www.byui.edu/scroll/archive/20040120/sports.html

In 1965, Sherman Poppen hammered together two kid's skis and developed what would later evolve into the snowboard. He called his invention the snurfer.
http://www.nomadik.com/skiing-snowboarding/snowboarding/

A Noboard is a snowboard binding alternative. History. The original snowboards, developed in the 1960s by Sherman Poppen and Dimitrie Milovich, had no fixed bindings, the riders ...
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... sure he has taken over the title of being the oldest snowboarder at the Steamboat Ski Area. Enlarge photo ? Photo by Matt Stensland Steamboat Springs ? When Sherman Poppen, the ...
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Snowboarding was on hold for 30 years before Sherman Poppen created the ?snurfer.? The snurfer was two skies bound together with a rope on the front for control.
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The first real Snowboard hit the market during the 1960's in the form of Sherman Poppen's Snurfer. It appeared like a weird crossover between a plywood sled and a skateboard ...
http://students.ulv.edu/~shartigan/history.html

Sherman Poppen is credited with providing the inspiration for snowboarding. In 1965, he watched his daughter trying to stand as she rode her sled downhill.
http://www.insightempire.com/snowboarding/

SOS Nominates Sherman Poppen for Colorado Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame . SOS has nominated Sherman Poppen, founder of the Snurfer, for the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Museum Hall of ...
http://www.sosoutreach.org/Newsletters/March2008.html

Le snurfer est l'ancêtre direct du snowboard moderne. Il a été crée en 1965 par Sherman Poppen, à Muskegon, dans le Michigan. Poppen observait ses filles faire de la luge ...
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It was all started by an East Coast surfer named Sherman Poppen. His wife was credited with naming his invention the snurfer or ?snow- surfer? (The History of Snowboarding).
http://www.sportales.com/Snowboarding/The-First-Snowboard.75592

HISTORY . American Sherman Poppen created the first commercial snowboard around 1965. Poppen fixed two skis together for his daughter to use while surfing down a snow hill.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2002/sport_explainers/snowboarding_history/

In 1964 a surf freak called Sherman Poppen was dreaming about surfing the Rockies. So he built a surfboard for the snow. His first prototype was a long plastic plank: a pair of ...
http://www.notgoingtokillyou.ca/en_CA/lockerC_getfacts.asp

So the origin of our cool snowboards began with Sherman Poppen in 1965. He wanted to make a toy for his daughter, so he decided to use his creative stroke to put together two skis ...
http://blog.wellsfargo.com/StagecoachIsland/2007/01/how_are_your_boarding_skills.html

Photo: Courtesy of mediatheek.thinkquest.nl: Photo: Courtesy of www.abc-of-snowboarding.com: In 1965, Sherman Poppen designed the Snurfer. It eventually proved to be Burton?s ...
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In this year Sherman Poppen, a chemical gases engineer in Muskegon, invented "The Snurfer" (his wife came up with the name) as a toy for his daughter.
http://www.leroysboardshops.com/category.jhtm?cid=10401

Sherman Poppen, a chemical gases engineer in Muskegon, invented "The Snurfer" (his wife came up with the name) as a toy for his daughter. He made the Snurfer by bounding two skis ...
http://webpages.shepherd.edu/KPOTTE02/History/the_beginning.html

So the origin of our cool snowboards began with Sherman Poppen in 1965. He wanted to make a toy for his daughter, so he decided to use his creative stroke to put together two skis ...
http://blog.wellsfargo.com/StagecoachIsland/2007/01/09/

last run chairman of the board sherman poppen?s sudden inspiration created a whole new way to go downhill | david k. gibson ?i lived on the shore of lake michigan, and i ...
http://www.zinio.com/pages/SnowMagazine/Oct-08/304551200/pg-138

The snurfer, invented by Muskegon native Sherman Poppen, was a single board with a rope attached to the nose. The riders stood up with no bindings, and held on to the rope as ...
http://www.pandopark.com/snurfing.php

One bright, sunny day in 1965, Sherman Poppen (EB52) and two of his daughters got an urge to go surfing. Unfortunately for them, it was Christmas Eve, and outside ...
http://www.northwestern.edu/magazine/northwestern/winter2000/winter00AlumniNews.htm

In 1964 Sherman Poppen fixed to skis together as a toy for his daughter. His wife came up with the name Snurfer by combining surf and snow, he called his invention the Snurfer.
http://www.brendonellis.com/History.html

Another snowboard inventor is Sherman Poppen. In 1965 Poppen designed a snowboard called a snurfer. To make it Sherman had bolted two skis together.
http://library.thinkquest.org/3885/history.html

... of the ice skate. Cultures have used anything they could to help them get around in the snow. The first real modern snowboard in America was created by a man name Sherman Poppen. ...
http://www.snowboardgo.com/?cat=4

Article Abstract: A 20-mile ski hike in the Montana Alpine Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness is marred by finicky and nasty llamas. The nominally cuddly looking animals can be nasty ...
http://www.faqs.org/abstracts/Sports-and-fitness/Spit-happens-Where-have-you-gone-Sherman-Poppen.html

The History Behind Snow boarding . The first variation of the snow board was called a ?snurfer? it was introduced in Muskegon, Michigan by Sherman Poppen.
http://webpages.shepherd.edu/CCOX02/history.html

In 1966 Sherman Poppen of Muskegon Michigan fixed two skis together and added rope for his young daughters to ride down the local dune hills and history was made.
http://novaksnurfboard.com/history.html

In this year Sherman Poppen, a chemical gases engineer in Muskegon, invented "The Snurfer" (his wife came up with the name) as a toy for his daughter.
http://www.sbhistory.de/hist_in_the_beg.htm

Sherman Poppen Actor Profile - Fan Club, Pictures & Posters, News, Video Clips & Layouts ... Welcome to the Sherman Poppen wiki profile. This page is created by Flixster users like ...
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The Snurfer' was the first marketed snowboard. The Snurfer was created in 1965 by Sherman Poppen in Muskegon, Michigan. Poppen was outside his house one day sledding with his ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snurfer