Snowboarding in general probably dates back to the first time someone was like, you know surfing? Lets do THAT, but on snow…on a board. And we’ll call it

ACtual history says Michigan resident Sherman Poppen came up with the original prototype, which was dubbed the “

Snurfer

” or “snow surfer”. This was different from a snowboard in that there were no bindings and had a rope on the front to help glide over the snow