Chouinard Posted June 6, 2017 Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowboardfast Posted June 12, 2017 Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 Thank you for this post. i started on a snurfer back in 1978. The snurfer has been reissued and is being produced again with permission from Sherman Poppen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Brammer aka PSR Posted June 12, 2017 Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 (edited) Snurfers are being made by the same guy that makes Vew-Do Balance Boards, Bru Moscallero. He got the rights from my first snowboard 'Guru', Paul Graves (a 3 time Snurfer Champ, btw). Bru was my 1st PSIA Snowboard Examiner (Level 1) in '89. I started Snurfing in 5th grade, 1975, Paul got me on a Flite in '78, a Backhill in 1980, and to The Nationals in '82 (Team East), where I met Jack Smith, and got re-acquainted with Tom Sims (this time on snow, not at a skatepark out West). Vermont may be backwater, a bit slower paced than the rest, but, I do believe finding that Snurfer in the Barn, that was a defining moment for me. I put bindings (bike tubes), edges (L-angle Aluminum), and a pre-peg fiberglass base on that Snurfer in '78, and gave it to Paul in '94. Having guys like Paul and Bru nearby, I've never doubted the Roots of Snowboarding, because we were there, living it... Snurfer has a good home now, and the guy making them understands what he's got; Living History, a Legacy, and a really fun Ride!! Check 'em out, they're great fun, and the simplest form of Snowboard... Edited June 13, 2017 by Eric Brammer aka PSR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Brammer aka PSR Posted June 13, 2017 Report Share Posted June 13, 2017 And, yet, the Fruit falls close by the Tree;; http://powderjets.com/about Anyone [Mig?] want to get their Powdergun Experimental back? Or, maybe their pre-82 OP Swallowtail? Also, they do make full-on p-tex/metal edged boards; I saw them at Cannon Mt. (not a Mt. to be sneered at; It's Steep, Icy, and at times difficult to ride), and their crew was having a good time just romping around (testing stuff?). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig Posted June 13, 2017 Report Share Posted June 13, 2017 9 hours ago, Eric Brammer aka PSR said: Anyone [Mig?] want to get their Powdergun Experimental back? I still have my Powdergun, but wouldn't dare to ride it now. I probably would break it in half... LOL!!! It is hanging in my living room wall now. I handle a Powderjet creation a couple of years back in a shop. It was closer to a Performer as it had the convex tail. And I was expecting a super flexy board, but it was actually pretty stiff when hand flexed (which doen't mean much anyway...). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boardguru Posted June 13, 2017 Report Share Posted June 13, 2017 Both of my brothers got a Snurfer for Christmas in 1968. This was in Utah. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Donnelly Posted November 30, 2021 Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 Short film explores snowboarding’s Michigan origins, features unseen ‘snurfing’ from 1970s https://www.mlive.com/news/2020/12/short-film-explores-snowboardings-michigan-origins-features-unseen-snurfing-from-1970s.html?fbclid=IwAR2Ko_IGehvR9ZUYf5YZlqMOK89I8XOK_S4rAgU7LEtsYwT83GYAacc9slA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nextcarve Posted November 30, 2021 Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 ... or perhaps in Turkey? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwavedave Posted November 30, 2021 Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 Interesting how similar the Turkish style is to the "Bunker" built by a couple of Swedes in Cloquet, MN circa 1917. Also steam bent and using a trailing stick and rope off the nose. They have a couple of these "Bunkers" in the collection at the Ski & Snowboard museum in Vail, CO. https://www.snowboarder.com/videos/the-very-first-snowboard/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenchman Posted December 1, 2021 Report Share Posted December 1, 2021 I started on a snurfer in 1980 in Grand Haven, just 15 miles south. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuxdiesel Posted December 1, 2021 Report Share Posted December 1, 2021 I was terrorizing local golf courses in the late 70's. I bought a wooden Performer in the early 80's. It's been a sickness ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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