b0ardski Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 (edited) apparently pantented in 1939. <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4F3ek-nxp48" allowfullscreen="" width="960" frameborder="0" height="720"></iframe> not much carving Edited March 1, 2012 by b0ardski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gcarve Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Ahh nuts!! I couldn't get that link to work!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted March 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 I'll try again to embed http://<iframe width="960" height="720" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4F3ek-nxp48" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gcarve Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 (edited) Wow, 1939 boarding!! Cool leather strap rear binding, with wood block boot retention "system". I liked that "steering stick" they were using, although the track they were riding in didn't really need a whole lot of turning control. I wonder what those original boards would be worth today. Cool vid bOardski! Thanks for sharing. Edited March 1, 2012 by Gcarve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softbootsurfer Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Neither Jake or Tom has ever said they invented it... they commercialized it in the current timeframe is all... They knew that hundreds if not thousands of years ago some young person or adult for that matter slid down the snow on some plank... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quest4powder Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 I was stoked to see a 'bunker' from the 1930s in the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Museum in Vail: http://www.westword.com/2011-11-10/news/snowboarders-finally-accepted-on-the-slopes/ Some other info on the Bunker and Turkish Lazboard: http://snowboarding.transworld.net/1000116837/featuresobf/the-very-first-snowboard/ http://thebigadriver.blogspot.com/2009/12/origin-of-snowboarding.html Way older than old school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziolino66 Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Wow, that's great stuff guys! Love the video of J. Jones and the Turks. Good to see, and know, next time some "2 planker-wanker" starts yapping about skiing tradition and blah... Wonder how you say fresh pow in Turkish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boardguru Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Cool video from "back in the day". It's great to see video and read about the true origins of the sport. Thanks for posting this bOardski. Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingbat Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Killer boots man. Wonder if they did any "Half Piping" on those? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonbordin Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Killer boots man. @ :55 seconds in... is that a hamerhead board?! Everything new is old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gcarve Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Killer boots man.Wonder if they did any "Half Piping" on those? I'll assume any "pipe" they did back then would have involved tobacco :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingbat Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 @ :55 seconds in... is that a hamerhead board?! Everything new is old. Yeah, saw that too. Pretty funny huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carvedog Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Well. They were certainly getting a lot of point loading in the area of the front binding. Thing. Block. Whatever.....they should have been working on plate systems to get a livelier flexing board. Might have given them the edge they needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltie Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 boardguru Cool video from "back in the day". It's great to see video and read about the true origins of the sport. Thanks for posting this bOardski. Mick Mick, You probably don't remember me from the Bingham's Crew. If I remember correctly, you were one of the original Winterstik riders back the day with Dimitri. I recall seeing some video of you in the Utah backcountry from around the early 80's. Take care, Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boardguru Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Sorry for the thread hi-jack, but yes I do remember you Tom. I was part of the Winterstick team and worked at the company also. Dimitrije got so tired of seeing me and getting phone calls from me asking about when they would finally start selling boards, that he brought #13 to Binghams to sell to me to 'get him off our backs'. First Winterstick sold to a customer. Great to hear from you Tom, keep on riding. Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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