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The device, which he dubbed "the Snurfer," sold nearly a million units over the next 10 years.

He invented the "snurfer ", which was made of two skis fixed together, as a gift to his daughter.

The first snowskate traces its history to the Snurfer circa 1964.

He added a binding for the feet so that Snurfer riders no longer had to guide it by a rope on its nose.

Brunswick marketed the snurfer as a novelty item, not sports equipment.

The first commercially successful, precursor to the snowboard, the snurfer was introduced in 1965.

Randy believes that Sherman took an old water ski and made it into the snurfer for his children who were bored in the winter.

The Snurfer was the predecessor of the snowboard.

In 1977 Jake Burton, made his money by building different versions of the Snurfer.

Eventually, surfing made its way to the slopes with the invention of the Snurfer, later credited as the first snowboard.

"If you go to his factory in Vermont, there's a big wall with the history of the snowboard, and the Snurfer's on there."

The Snurfer — think snow and surfer — was born and became an instant hit.

He created the contemporary snowboard by designing a slightly different surface to an existing sled toy called a snurfer.

As more resorts began allowing snowboards on their ski lifts, the popularity of the snurfer waned.

Burton was inspired by the snurfer, invented by Sherman Poppen.

The first snowboard, the Snurfer, was invented by Sherman Poppen in 1965.

The precursor of the snowboard, the snurfer had no bindings, and a lanyard attached to the front, like a sled.

At a Snurfer competition, a young man won, Jake Burton Carpenter, who was to become the biggest snowboard manufacturer in the the world.

In North America the earliest marketed snowboarding device, the "Snurfer," came out in the height of the 1960s surfing culture.

Originating in the early 1960's as a 'snurfer' the snowboard grew in popularity and by 1980 it became a hit among skateboarders and surfers.

Burton shocked all the Snurfer riders by winning a Snurfer competition with his own board, which had the first binding.

Jake Burton, 38, took up the banner and founded Burton Snowboards, continually refining the Snurfer technology.

He made the Snurfer by bounding two skis together and putting a rope at the nose, so the rider could hold it and keep it more stable.

Burton Snowboards, for instance, grew out of modifications that Jake Burton Carpenter made to a product called the Snurfer.

“When the Snurfer came out, people were like ‘hey, if we really want to ride mountains we’ve got to put bindings on these things,’ ” Mr. Burns said.