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The 'Father of Snowboarding' Jake Burton
Banned by ski resorts for years, snowboards were first allowed on the slopes in 1983 at Stratton Mountain. Jake Burton created the snowboard boots and bindings which made the sport viable.
In the late 1970s Jake had seen the possibilities of using a single board to surf on snow. By 1998 the sport of snowboarding made it to the Olympics.
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