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A surfboard that ditched the ocean for gravity and bad fashion choices.
means A single wide board strapped to both feet for sliding down snowy slopes.
from Born in 1965 when Sherman Poppen bolted two skis together for his daughter, calling it the Snurfer (snow plus surfer); the modern board and name followed in the 1970s.
Olympic late bloomerDebuted at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games.
Banned yearsMany resorts forbade snowboards into the 1980s.
Stance mattersRiders are goofy or regular, never wrong.