Snurfer
The board with a rope at the nose that became the model for the snowboard.
Sherman Poppen bound two skis together as a toy for his children and fixed a rope to the nose. The name Snurfer came from snow and surfer.
Brunswick began selling the board in 1966 and millions were sold in the 1960s and 1970s. Several of the early snowboarders started on a Snurfer before bindings came.
Materials: Laminated wood or plastic, a rope at the nose, rubber strips for the feet
Manufacture: Developed by Sherman Poppen in Muskegon, Michigan, in 1965 and then made by Brunswick.
The rope at the nose that the rider holds.
The wide, short board without bindings.
The rubber strips where the feet stand.