History Of Snowboarding / Snowboard Still not allowed on the public slopes in ski resorts, The white rush developed into an olympic sport with a big but unfortunately divided lobby. http://www.bulgariaski.com/snowboarding.shtml
Extractions: His first prototype was an about 1,20 m long plastic plank: two kids' skis bolted together. It was a present for his daughter Wendy which soon was a winner in the neighbourhood. One year later, in 1965, his idea was put into production: Carried out together with a bowling-ball manufacturer, the now called "snurfer" (=snow-surfer) found its way through toy-stores under the Christmas trees. For the unbeatable price of $15, one million snurfers were sold in the 10 years following, and Mr. Poppen soon began to establish a competition series. But the snurfer as a mass phenomenon disappeared as quickly as he had emerged from the white surf of the Rockies. Nothing else but the vague memory of an uncontrollable toy stayed in most people's minds. It was close to be the end of a fantastic idea - surfing the winter mountains -if there wouldn't have been blokes like Dimitrije Milovich or Jake Burton Carpenter. In 1970, Milovich, an east coast surfer, had an idea while he was sliding around on cafeteria trays in the snow of upstate New York. He started to develop snowboards following the example of the new short surf boards. He even used rudimentary steel edges - an idea he soon gave up because he only rode in deepest powder anyway. He experimented with laminating glass and gravel on the board and also used nylon straps. His company "Winterstick" is to be considered as the first snowboard company ever. In 1975, they were mentioned in American magazines like Newsweek and Playboy, and already in 1976, he threw a swallow tail board on the nearly not existing market. In 1980, the company was broke.
39th National Organic Chemistry Symposium Visit Park City, and the Utah olympic Sports Park, site of the bobsleigh, luge, history as it changed from a mining town to a world famous ski resort. http://www.conferences.utah.edu/nos2005/activities.html
Extractions: Celebrate Salt Lake City on a tour that includes some of the city's most famous sites and buildings. Begin at the Capitol, the city's crowning jewel. The view from the front steps is magnificent. Murals lining the Georgian marble rotunda walls tell the story of the settling of the Old West. See the Beehive House, Brigham Young's beautifully restored home. While living in the home, Young was Territorial Governor and President of the Mormon Church. See the University of Utah's Rice/Eccles Stadium, site of the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, and Old Fort Douglas, site of the 2002 Olympic Athlete's Village. Visit Pioneer Trail State Park and This-Is-The-Place Monument at the mouth of Emigration Canyon. This monument stands as a tribute to the men, women and children who were instrumental in settling this area. En route back to downtown, guests will view Trolley Square, a unique shopping center built in trolley barns from the early 1900's.
Extractions: activities club in central Arizona! History of the PSC Forward This account of the history of the Phoenix Ski Club was compiled as a labor of love by long-time member, Anne Horner. It serves not only as a history of the Club, but as an interesting account of the development of skiing in Arizona. Anne's contributions to the Club over the years, as a Board member, Slope Dope coordinator, Officer, Trip Leader, etc. are almost too numerous to mention, and she exemplifies the hard-working volunteer spirit that keeps our Club going. Thanks for everything, Anne!! The Beginning December 1, 1948 was the formal beginning of the Phoenix Ski Club (PSC). The origins, of the club, however go back to the winter of 1940-41 when then U.S. Forest Service Forester, Ed Grosbeck and the original Flagstaff Ski Club members removed the old, very small, rope tow from "Scissor Bill Park", and built a longer and more powerful new one at the "Harts Prairie Area" on the "Aggassiz Ridge" or western side of the San Francisco Peaks. The Harts Prairie rope tow was at the edge of the area now (1990's) served by the "Harts Prairie" chair lift. With the construction of the longer tow and skiable slope, the big log lodge constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps. (CCC), and the construction of a small overnight cabin, a few hardy skiers from Phoenix began to join the local skiers for the weekends. In the Phoenix valley, many of the skiers who first became interested in the sport in those early years were members of the Phoenix "Thunderbirds", a civic group then closely affiliated with the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce. Before the Phoenix Open golf tournament became so large an event, the Thunderbirds sponsored an annual "Thunderbird Ski Meet" at the Snow Bowl. Prominent among the skiing families in the "Thunderbirds" were the Barry Goldwater family, and the Jack Williams family. (Later to be Senator Barry Goldwater and Governor Jack Williams.)
