Snowboarding The way a young generation can explore their creativity. It was something they could work with to make it their own. Snowboarding was pioneered during the 1960’s and early 1970’s. Guys who opted to build boards in shop class instead of a birdhouse or a tobacco pipe (soyouwanna.com). The first boards were very difficult to maneuver (Boardtheworld.com). The designers such as Jake Burton, Tom Sims, and Chuck Barfoot gave up their dreams …showed first 75 words of 859 total…

…showed last 75 words of 859 total…the “Heave Ho”. The Heave Ho has been called several names since its creation (air101.com). It is quite a modern half-pipe trick. It is a half twist done upward towards the sky (air101.com). Another is the “McTwist” which was invented by a skateboarder legend, Mike McGill back in the 1980’s. It took longer for this trick to be adapted by snowboarders because of it having to be done in the half-pipe (air101.com).