Sport

In which country was snowboarding invented?

USA

Background

Snowboarding was invented in the 1960s in the USA. Engineer Sherman Poppen bolted two skis together for his daughter and called it the Snurfer. A few years later Jake Burton turned it into the modern snowboard. Today the sport is Olympic worldwide.

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