Talk:Snurfer

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Seems to be taken from here http://neovox.cortland.edu/stadium/stadium_20/stadium_20.html. Needs cleaning up as well as ensuring no copyvio —Preceding unsigned comment added by Avraham (talk • contribs)


 * That link is dead now ;( -- Middenface 14:23, 16 August 2006 (UTC)


 * The Snurfer is not a snowboard and, as a piece of histry, deserves its own page. 207.233.32.17 18:34, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

The snurfer should be merged with the snowboard page. The 'Snurfer' was the early form of the snowboard, wasn't it? Also, that little of an article should be within another article. XD

Nibz_Mastah =°°=

I own a Brunswick Snurfer and an original Burton Backyard Board. Based on an analysis of both boards and their construction, I would say that if an original Burton Board is a snowboard, then so is a snurfer. Therefore, I recommend inclusion of the snurfer content in the history of the snowboard. Further, I think it is appropriate to credit Poppen as the inventor of the snowboard. In Grand Haven, Michigan, I rode my Burton Backyard Board, a friend's Backhill Board (first binding), and another friend's Sims Board (which required the mounting of a skateboard deck), literally within a week of each other during Christmas vacation in 1979. (I think it is interesting that Western Michigan was one of the first markets that Burton and Sims were able to penetrate successfully--largely because of the previous success there of the Snurfer.) Less than a month after that, I remember seeing an advertisement for Winterstick in Skiing Magazine. Therefore, I think all of these other pioneers are appropriately grouped together as primary innovators in the sport. Before their collective efforts, turning as a speed control technique was virtually impossible--on packed snow it absolutely WAS impossible--so these innovators are certainly responsible for the sport's eventual assimilation into the ski resort industry.

MaestrobriMaestrobri 21:46, 27 February 2007 (UTC) HELLO FROM AND —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.89.28.7 (talk) 05:14, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Snurfing in Europe

It was boxing Day 1970 when Andrew Stewart and Tony Hurst, both residents of Jersey Channel Islands, having a good fall of snow but no sledges, hit on the idea of using old-fashioned belly boards made of plywood to slide down local, snow - covered sand-dunes. On the first day they drilled holes in the noses of the boards so that a rope could be attached to enable an attempt at standing up. On day two primitive bindings were attached made from old inner tubes and the first successful run was made by Andrew Stewart. They called the new sport Snurfing although totally unaware of any such activity or name being used in any other part of the World. In the absence of an earlier citation this is claimed as the first instance of Snowboarding in Europe. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wafhurst (talk • contribs) 17:26, 16 July 2009 (UTC)