1965 - Sherman Poppen, from Muskegon, Michigan, invented the "Snurfer" as a toy for his children. The Snurfer was created by bolting two skis together. Poppen's later licensed the idea to Brunswick. Over 1 million Snurfers were produced and sold. Poppen also organized Snurfer competitions. 1970 - Dimitrije Milovich decided it would be fun to slide on cafeteria trays. Milovich, an east-coast surfer, started to develop snowboards. 1975 - The March edition of Newsweek did a 2 page writeup on Milovich and his snowboard, which he called "Winterstick." 1977 - Jake Burton Carpenter moved up to Londonderry, Vermont. There, he started making and riding his first boards. Jake created the first snowboarding factory. In 1978, Burton moved into a farmhouse in Manchester. A crew of 4 to 5 people worked throughout the house to create, sell, and repair Burton snowboards. Jake hounded local resorts to open their lifts to snowboarders. In the 80's, many resorts agreed. Stratton, Jay Peak, Stowe, Sugarbush, and Killington opened their resorts to snowboarders. 1977 - Mike Olsen built his first snowboard in a high school wood shop. He experimented with many different types of snowboards, and decided to quit college in 1984. Mike opened his own snowboarding corporation known as Gnu. 1982 - The first international snowboard race was held at Suicide Six, just outside of Woodstock. The race took place on a steep and icy run named "The Face." 1985 - Only 39 of over 600 ski resorts were open to snowboarders. In the same year, Tom Hsieh published the first snowboarding magazine, Absolute Radical. Six months later, Absolute Radical changed the magazine name to International Snowboarding Magazine. 1986 - French snowboarder Regis Rolland starred in the movie "Apocalypse Snow." This later launched a new European snowboarding generation. 1987 - TransWorld SNOWboarding Magazine and Snowboarder Magazine were created. 1994 - Snowboarding was declared an Olympic sport. 1996 - Mike Hatchett released the snowboard movie TB5, which featured riders such as Noah Salsaneck and Johan Olofson. Footage covered a great deal of Alaska 1998 - For the first time ever, snowboarding was in the Olympics.