When Was Snowboarding Invented?
When Was Snowboarding Invented? The precursor of the modern snowboard came about in 1965, when engineer Sherman Poppen of Muskegon, Michigan—the widely acknowledged “father of the snowboard”—invented the prototype that paved the way for the modern board. When did ski resorts allow snowboarding? Approximately 40 U.S. resorts allowed snowboarding during the 1984-1985 season. By 1990,