Heel Strap SKI Binding, Sondre Norheim

First SKI and Invention of Camber by Sondre Norheim, NOR

Gas Powered Engine by Gottlieb Daimler, GER

Automobile: Daimler & Karl Benz, GER

Father Alpine Skiing: Mathias Zdarsky, NOR

First Ski ascent over 3000m: Rauris Sonnblick by father of Ski mountaineering: Wilhelm Ritter Von Arit, GER

First Ski Technique Book, Lillienfeld Skilaufer Technik by Mathias Zdarsky, AUS

The radio by Reginald Fessenden

Airplane by Orville and Wilbur Wright

First Slalom: Muckenkogel, Lilienfeld, AUS

National Ski Association, Ishpeming, MI

Rossignol Skis at Voiron, FRA (factory closed by Quiksilver in 2007)

First rope tow: Black Forest, GER

Alpine skiing by Georg Bilgeri

Stem Christie Turn: Johannes Schneider, AUT

First SKI Factory: Northland Ski Company by C.A. Lund, MN

First Downhill Classic in Switzerland with winner: Cecil Hopkinson

Record 24-Hour Snowfall: 63 inches, Georgetown, CO

First ski instructor EU, Johannes Schneider

Kneissl SKI, Tyrol, AUT

First ski instructor in USA, Henrik Jacobsen, Lake Placid

Arlberg Technique by Hannes Schneider

First modern Slalom Race, Mürren, SUI

First instructional SKI film, Wunder des Schneeschuhs by Arnold Fanck, GER

Volkl Skis, Straubing, GER

Fischer SKI by Josef Fischer, AUS

First Olympic Winter Games, Chamonix, FRA

FIS by Ivar Holmquist

First Lake Tahoe resort: Olympic Hill (renamed Granlibakken)

First SKI Book: The Wonders of Skiing

First USA SKI shop: Boston

First USA SKI downhill: Mt. Moosilauke, NH

First USA Arlberg SKI instructor: Otto Schniebs

First Int’l Alpine Event, Arlberg-Kandahar at St. Anton, AUT won by Benno Leubner (AUT)

Second Winter Olympics at St. Moritz, SUI

First mass-produced sunglasses: Foster Grant

Parallel Turn by Toni Seelos

First Steel Edges: Rudolph Lettner, AUS

First FIS World Alpine Championships: Mürren, SUI, Downhill: Walter Prager (SUI), Esme Mackinnon (UK) and Slalom: David Zogg (SUI), Esme Mackinnon (UK)

3rd Olympic Winter Games, Lake Placid

Canada’s first rope tow: Shawbridge, Quebec

First laminated SKI: Rudolph Lettner

First USA downhill: Henry Woods at Mt. Moosilauke, NH

First USA rope tow: Woodstock, VT

World’s first J-bar: Ernest Constam, Davos

First solid aluminum ski by M. Vicky, FRA

First USA National Downhill and Slalom championships: Mt. Rainier. Open division, Hannes Schroll of Salzburg, AUS & amateur division, Dick Durrance

First Kandahar cable binding holding the skier’s heel to the ski

First USA overhead cable lift: Oak Hill, Hanover, NH

First US Winter Sports Show, Boston Garden

4th Winter Olympics, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER

First Alpine Combined medals: Franz Pfnuer (GER) and Christl Cranz (GER)

First European T-bar by Ernest Constam

First issue of Ski magazine by Alf Nydin, WA

Brighton Ski Area, UT

Polaroid Lens for sunglasses: Edwin H Land

First SKI overhead chairlifts, Sun Valley, ID

Aspen Ski Club formed

200 TV’s in use worldwide

First toe release binding, Hjalmar Hvam NOR

Rayban Aviator sunglasses

First Canada chairlift: Mt. Tremblant, Quebec

First certified USA ski instructor, Sepp Ruschp, Woodstock, VT

First aerial tramway in USA: Cannon Mountain, NH

First U.S. Ski Patrol at Stowe, VT

Mammoth Mtn installs their first rope tow

First USA groomed slope, Mt. Cranmore by Hannes Schneider

Sugar Bowl in Norden, CA by John Wiley and Hannes Schroll

First chairlift in Europe: Czech Republic

First T-bar in USA: Pico Peak, VT

First McDonalds: San Bernardino, CA

Elan Skis by Rudi Finzgar, SLO

Aspen Skiing Corporation, CO

Color Television by Peter Goldmark, CBS

Espresso machine by Achilles Gaggia, Italy

First European Poma Lift by Jean Pomagalski

P-Tex base invented by Muller and Co. SUI

Cellulix base by Dynamic

Salomon, Francois Salomon, FRA (ski edges)

1 mi TV’s in USA First Releasable Plate SKI Binding: Look by Jean Beyl, France

Velcro by George de Mestral, SUI

Fifth Olympic Winter Games, San Moritz, SUI

First American to win Olympic medals: Gretchen Fraser in Slalom, Alpine combined

Mad River Glen, VT

Squaw Valley, CA by Alex Cushing

World's largest double chairlift, Squaw One

Warren Millers SKI movie: Deep and Light

Head by Howard Head, Baltimore, MD

Skateboarding invented in CA

First USA FIS World Championships: Aspen (alpine) and Lake Placid (jumping)

First multi-colored ski, Kneissl

First Duplex binding: Hannes Marker, GER

First artificial snow, Grossinger’s resort, NY

First Winter Olympics with GS: 6th at Oslo

First adjustable release binding: Simplex by Hannes Marker, GER

Ski Hall of Fame, Ishpeming, MI

Atomic Skis by Alois Rohrmoser, AUS

Heavenly Valley, Lake Tahoe opens

Henke Speed Fit buckle boots

Hart Skis By Hartvig Holmberg, St. Paul, MN

7th Olympics at Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy

First Artificial Satellite, Sputnik, USSR

First dog in space, Laika on Sputnik 2

First aluminum ski poles: Scott

First American to win European combined: Buddy Werner at the Lauberhorn

Sugarbush, VT opens. All-day ticket: $5.50

Buttermilk and Aspen Highlands open

Surfer magazine launched by John Severson

Beatles formed in Liverpool

Walk Don’t Run by The Ventures

First synthetic ski with a wooden core: Kneissl “White Star”

First Olympic Games in the USA with Alpine ski event: 8th at Squaw Valley, CA

Ski Brakes invented by rivals Earl Miller (UT) and Mitch Cubberley (NJ)

Ski Industries of America (SIA) founded.

First Human in Space by USSR

K2 Skis founded by Bill Kirschner

Duane Peters born

Val Surf becomes the first USA retailer to sell skateboards and remains the world’s oldest surf-skate-snow shop

First Wal-mart in Rogers, Arkansas

Vail Ski Resort founded by Earl Eaton and Pete Seibert

First int’l satellite TV broadcast, Telstar

The Twist by Chubby Checker

First American to win a European classic gate race: Chuck Ferries at the Hahnenkamm slalom, Kitzbühel, AUS

First modern ski binding: Look Nevada II, patented by Robert Lusser

First skateboard for snow by Tom Sims

"Father of Freestyle" Snowboarding's Terry Kidwell is born

Park City Resort opens

Surfin’ USA by the Beach Boys

Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash

Makaha Skates by Larry Stevenson

Computer Mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart

National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) founded

First Disco, Whiskey-A-Go-Go, LA

First skateboard contest at Hermosa Beach, CA

First Obscene Lyrics: Louie, Louie by the Kingsmen

Audio cassette tapes invented by Philips

Dynastar SKI founded in Sallanches, France

First all plastic buckle SKI boots invented by Lange

First American men win medals in SKI slalom: Billy Kid (Silver), Jimmy Heuga (Bronze) at 9th Olympic Games, Innsbruck, Austria

Skateboarder Magazine

Beatles on Ed Sullivan Show, 74 mi viewers

Glen Plake is born (father of extreme sports)

Hobie Skateboards by Hobie Alter

G&S Fibreflex, first laminated skateboard

Music Video, House of the Rising Sun by The Animals

Smiley Face Logo designed by Harvey Ball

Jacques Marchand receives mono-ski patent (filed in 1961)

Snurfer Snowboard by Sherman Poppen

Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones

First National Skateboard Championships, Anaheim, CA.

Jerry Garcia & the Grateful Dead get together

Kevlar invented by Stephanie Kwolek (Dupont)

Vans founded in Anaheim, CA

World’s First Skatepark in Anaheim, CA.

Paint it Black by the Rolling Stones

Hey Joe by Jimi Hendrix

8-Track tapes introduced for cars by RCA Victor

Craig Kelly is born

Endless Summer, surf documentary by Bruce Brown

First self-release heelpiece SKI binding by Salomon

First freestyle ski: Javelin by Hart

Light My Fire by the Doors

All Along the Watchtower by Bob Dylan

I’m a Believer by the Monkees

Christian Hosoi is born

Rolling Stone Magazine Issue #1 (John Lennon Cover)

First SKI World Cup at Berchtesgaden, West Germany - Jean-Claude Killy of FRA and Nancy Greene of CAN win overall 2 seasons.

Shaun Palmer is born

Tony Hawk is born

Born to Be Wild by Steppenwolf

Fortunate Son by CCR

A Little Less Conversation a Little More Action by Elvis Presley

Jake Burton gets his first Snurfer

Zephr Shop and Z-Boys in Santa Monica, CA.

10th Olympic Games at Grenoble, FRA

Woodstock music festival, NY

Man on Moon: Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin

Lay Lady Lay by Bob Dylan

Space Oddity by David Bowie

Digital Photography (CCD)

First Kicktail for SK8 by Larry Stevenson

SNB with Metal Edges by Winterstick

Easy Rider starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson and Terry Southern

First Winter ISPO in Munich, Germany

A Boy Named Sue by Johnny Cash

ABC by Jackson 5

This Time Tomorrow by the Kinks

Our House by Crosby Stills Nash and Young

Nike Swoosh logo First Starbucks in Pike Place Market, Seattle

Baba O’Riley by The Who

Email invented by Ray Tomlinson

Atomic builds SKI factory at Altenmarkt, AUS

First SKI descent of Grand Tetons: Bill Briggs, father of big mountain skiing

Urethane SK8 Wheels by Cadillac Wheels

Powder Magazine Issue #1 by Jake and Dave Moe, Idaho

First production SNB: Winterstick by Milovich

Rocket Man by Elton John

Nights in White Satin by the Moody Blues

Schools Out by Alice Cooper

Old Man by Neil Young

Christian Hosoi starts skateboarding

11th Olympic Winter Games at Sapporo, JAP

#1 SKI binding manufacturer: Salomon (1 mi bindings)

Dark Side of the Moon, #3 in Album Sales, Pink Floyd, 43 mi copies

First Skateboard Truck by Ron Bennett

Zephr Skateboards and Z-Boys team

Santa Cruz Skateboards by NHS, Inc.

Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple

Mike Doyle receives Single Snow Ski Patent (filed in 1971)

Rubik’s Cube by Erno Rubik

Tracker Trucks by Larry Balma

Waterloo by Abba

First Twin-Tip SKI: Olin Mark IV comp

Terje Haakonsen is born

First P-Tex on Snowboards by Winterstick

Winterstick featured in SKI Magazine

Sims Skateboards & Dogtown Skateboards founded

Skateboarder Magazine revived

First Vert Pool Skating in CA

Skateboard Magazine by James O’Mahoney

Road Rider Wheels in Rhode Island

First SK8 Safety Gear by Mike Rector, Bob Wolfe

Rock and Roll All Nite by KISS

Slow Ride by Foghat

First freestyle skateboarding competitions in FL

First aerial in surfing by Kevin Reed

First SNB features in Newsweek, Playboy, Powder

First SK8 Precision Wheel Bearing

Bob Weber receives Skiboard patent (filed in 1973)

Gore-tex fabric by W.L. Gore

Apple Personal Computer, First PC featuring mouse and graphical interface

Gullwing Skateboard Trucks

First grabbed SK8 aerial by George Orton (Sims) & Tony Alva (Dogtown)

Home Video Cassette Recorder, Sony Betamax

Tony Hawk starts skateboarding

First SK8 Park at Skateboard City, FL

Tom Sims wins World Skateboarding Championships in CA

Great North Country Skates (Skull Skates)

Freewheelin’ Movie

Don’t Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult

12th Olympic Winter Games, Innsbruck, AUS

First superlight skateboard: Sims Superlight

Outside Magazine debuts

Cassette Tapes surpass Vinyl Record Sales

Vision Sports, one of the largest skateboard companies in history, by Brad Dorfman

Pepsi Skateboard Team

First Indoor concrete skatepark

Saturday Night Fever by Bee Gees

Mike Olson makes his first SNB in woodshop

SK8 Record for 360 Spins: 163 by Russ Howell

Tony Alva wins his first World Skateboarding Championship

PC Modem by Dennis C. Hayes and Dale Heatherington

Burton Snowboards founded In January, 1978

First Production Weber/Sims Skiboard

Powell-Peralta founded by George Powell and Stacy Peralta, Goleta, CA

The Ripper graphic for Powell Peralta

First Laminated Wood SNB by Burton

First Burton Ad in Powder

National Lampoon’s Animal House

Tom Sims is first to ride Mammoth, Squaw, Mt. Waterman and Mt. High

Skateboards go from 8 inches to 10 inches wide

Skateboard starring Leif Garrett and skaters Tony Alva and Ellen O’Neal

Independent Trucks by Fausto Vitello

I Don’t Want You by the Ramones

Surrender by Cheap Trick

SK8 Ollie Invented by Alan Gelfand

Skateboarding banned in Norway (until 1989)

Poppen Snurfer championships at Blockhouse Hill, Muskegon, MI

Chuck Barfoot develops a fiberglass prototype SNB for Sims

Portable Music: Sony Walkman

First snowboarding commercial on TV: Labatts starring Paul Graves, Mark Halseth and the first woman, Jane Halseth.

Summer SKI at Timberline, Mt. Hood, OR

Spanish Bombs by the Clash

Delight by Sugar Hill Gang

Tahoe City Halfpipe discovery by Mark Anolik

Tony Hawk wins his first contest

Production Burton Backhills and Backyards­­

Vision begins manufacturing skateboards

World Snurfing Championship at Pando Winter Sports Park, Grand Rapids Michigan

The first SNB specialty store(s) in North America, The Snoboard Shop by Ken Achenbach in Canada and Snowboard East Shop by Paul Graves in Woodstock, VT

First Action Sports Magazine: Action Now

A-Team Sandboards & Snowboards founded by Jack Smith and Gary Fluitt

CDs invented by Sony & Phillips

Call Me by Blondie

Holiday in Cambodia by Dead Kennedys

Ace of Spades by Motörhead

Kids of the Black Hole by the Adolescents

Back-in-Black, #2 in album Sales by AC/DC

Chris Sanders buys a Snurfer

13th Olympic Winter Games, Lake Placid

First Space Shuttle Launch (Columbia)

180cm Head Yahoo with 7.3mm sidecut

First Sims Skiboard and Barfoot Snoboards ads in Action Now magazine

Action Now cover story “Snowboarding: Is this the Year?”

Hit Me with Your Best Shot by Pat Benatar

Whip It by Devo

Stepping Stone by Minor Threat

MTV, USA: 24-hour-a-day music on TV

Thrasher Magazine by Fausto Vitello

First modern SNB contest, Ski Cooper, CO

Snowboarder magazine, NHS publishes one issue with Stevie Cabellero on cover

Chuck Barfoot leaves Sims to form his own SNB company.

#1 music album of all time: Thriller by Michael Jackson (over 100 million copies)

Shaun Palmer makes his first SNB in shop

Tony Hawk wins his first Delmar SK8 Contest

We Got the Beat by the Go-Go’s

Banned in DC by Bad Brains

All Hell Breaks Loose by the Misfits

Run to the Hills by Iron Maiden

National Snowsurfing Championships at Suicide Six, Woodstock, VT

Camcorder/VCR by Sony

First SK8 kick-flip by Rodney Mullen

CD Player by Sony

First Ban by MTV: Body Language by Queen

Avalanche Snowboards founded by Chris Sanders

First European SNB: Hooger Booger

First SNB instructor: Mike Chantry, Tahoe

First SNB specialty store in California: Sessions, San Jose, CA by Joel Gomez

Every Breath You Take by the Police beats out Billie Jean by Michael Jackson for #1 Album

Hungry Like the Wolf by Duran, Duran

Rock the Casbah by the Clash

Sink with California by Youth Brigade

Transworld Skateboarding Magazine

First documented road jump on a SNB by Bob Boyle, South Lake Tahoe, CA

National Snowboarding Championships in Snow Valley, VT

First SNB halfpipe contest: Sims World Championships, Soda Springs, CA, Eddie Hargraves wins halfpipe

First Cell Phone by AT&T

First Color LCD Television by Seiko

Warren Miller features first SNB footage

First European SNB Movie, Apocalypse Snow starring Regis Roland

Highbacks simultaneously developed by Jeff Grell in Colorado and Louis "Lofo" Fournier in Quebec

When Doves Cry by Prince

Jump by Van Halen

Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper

You Might Think by the Cars

Cum on Feel the Noize by Quiet Riot

Fade to Black by Metallica

99 Red Balloons by Nena

First Bones Brigade skate video

Nat’l SNB Championships Snow Valley, VT

Portable CD Player by Sony

James Bond, A View to a Kill features SNB

GNU founded by Mike Olsen and Peter Saari

2nd Sims World Championships at Soda Springs CA. Andy Coghlan wins overall

First Folding Highback Binding prototype developed by Louis "Lofo" Fournier

First American gold medal in downhill: Bill Johnson at 14th Olympic Winter Games at Sarajevo, Yugoslavia

Sierra SNB Championships at Soda Springs, CA

First Explicit Lyrics / Parental Advisory on Published Music

3rd Sims World Championships at Soda Springs, CA. Terry Kidwell and Jenny Hahn win halfpipe. Shaun Palmer wins boys overall.

North American SB Championships at Banff, Calgary, Canada

Production SNB Binding with folding highback by Sims

MTV launches VH1

Nintendo Video Game Console (NES)

Toms Sims wins First Mt. Baker Legendary Banked Slalom (LBS)

First monthly SNB Magazine: Absolutely Radical by Tom Hsieh. Keith Kimmel on cover

Only 39 of the approximately 600 USA ski areas allowed snowboards

First US Open Snowboarding Championships, Stratton Mountain, VT

Metal edges on Sims 1500 FE and Burton Performer Elite

First Pro Model & First Freestyle board with Kick-Tail: Sims Terry Kidwell

GNU boards marketed as carving boards by Mike Olsen

Hot Snowboards founded in France

First prototype of modern shaped-ski: Olin Albert by by Frank Meatto

Greg Stump’s film: Time Waits for Snowman

Master of Puppets by Metallica

Epidemic by Slayer

SNB World Championships at Breckenridge, CO. Halfpipe & GS won by Terry Kidwell

First Organized Snowboard Instruction at Stratton Mountain, VT

Shaun White is born

Shaun Palmer wins second annual Mt. Baker LBS and first downhill at Aspen Mountain

First Fakie Ollie on a SNB by Keith Kimmel

First Production Soft SNB Boots by Burton

Swiss Championships in San Moritz, SUI

First asymmetrical SNB by Hooger Booger (Jose Fernandes brings to USA)

First Magazine SNB Test by Int’l Snowboard Magazine, Tom Hsieh Jr.

First SNB instructor at Aspen: Bob Klein

Bert Lamar & Jennifer Dolecki win World SNB Championships in halfpipe

Shaun Palmer & Amy Howat win third Mt. Baker LBS

First Rap act with #1 Album: Beastie Boys

MTV Europe

Skate or Die Home Video Game

First permanent halfpipe at Breckenridge, CO

First Twin-Tip SNB by Barfoot

Wrigley’s SNB TV Commercial

First Transworld Snowboarding Magazine, Dave Achenbach on cover

K2 Skis make their first SNB: The Gyrator

First women’s SKI with forward mounted bindings: Blizzard Fame

Thomas Krenn starts producing SNB plate bindings under the brand SNOWPRO

First Snowboarder Magazine, Damien Sanders on cover

Sweet Child O’ Mine by Guns N’ Roses

Do What You Want by Bad Religion

Punk Rock Girl by the Dead Milkmen

First Halfpipe at US Open of Snowboarding, Stratton Mtn, VT

Snowboarding is “Worst New Sport” by Parade Magazine

First Digital Camera by Fuji

First summer SNB Camp(s): Sims Summer Shred Sessions with Craig Kelly and Tim Windell at Whistler-Blackcomb, Iceripper in Titlis, Switzerland, Chris Karol's Gnu SNB Camp, Mt Hood & Blackcomb & USSTC summer SNB Camp at Mt Hood and Canadian SNB Summer Camp at Blackcomb

SNB World Cup halfpipe at Zürs, Austria won by Bert Lamar  & Petra Mussig

Freestyle skiing introduced at 15th Olympics Calgary, CAN

Elan Skis produce their first SNB

United States Amateur Snowboarding Association (USASA) by Chuck Allen

One by Metallica

First Hollywood SK8 film: Gleaming the Cube

First Text Message via Motorola beeper

Windell’s SNB Camp at Timberline, Mt Hood by Tim Windell

High Cascade SNB Camp, Mt Hood by John Calkins and John Ingersoll

Camp of Champions at Whistler, Blackcomb by Ken Achenbach

Shaun Palmer & Ashild Lofthus win World Cup SNB Halfpipe at Breckenridge, CO

First SNB Film in USA, Western Front by FLF Films ( Jerry Dugan and Artie Krehbiel)

Morrow Snowboards founded by Rob Morrow

Burton buys the SNB patent from Bob Weber

#1 SKI movie: Blizzard of Aahhh’s by Greg Stump

First superfat powder SKI: Atomic Powder Plus 133-115-122 by Rupert Huber

Elan Sidecut Extreme SCX, GS Ski with radius of 15m

First steel ski USA: Volant by Bucky Kashiwa

Bonfire Apparel Company founded by Brad Steward

First midfat SKI: Volkl Explosiv 118-94-110

Santa Cruz Snowboards founded

Salomon Skis founded

First Terrain Park, Snowboard Park at Vail

Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice

Enjoy the Silence by Depreche Mode

Epic by Faith No More

You Can’t Bring Me Down by Suicidal Tendencies

Ring of Fire by Social Distortion, Bro Hymn by Pennywise

MTV banned Justify My Love video by Madonna

Shaun Palmer and Nicole Angelrath win World Cup SNB halfpipe at Breckenridge, CO

First Carbon Ski Pole, GOODE Technologies

Salomon sells their first cap SKI, the S9000

First prototype shaped skis by Elan and Kneissl

First parabolic cap SKI: Elan MBX Monoblock

First boardercross at Whistler, Blackcomb with winner Dan Donnelly

MTV banned Pagan Poetry video by Björk

MTV Asia

World Wide Web invented by Tim Berners-Lee

Totally Board SNB movie by Standard Films and Mack Dawg Productions

First Pipe dragon by Doug Waugh, CO

Tom Sims designs first permanent halfpipe at Snow Summit, CA

First aluminum honeycomb SKI: Hart Comp SL

Under the Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana

Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

Killing in the Name by Rage Against the Machine

Terje Haakonson, 18, wins his first US Open Halfpipe

Snowsurf Issue #1 in France

Snowstyle Issue #1 in Tokyo

Volcom Stone is born in Newport Beach, CA

Birdhouse Skateboards by Tony Hawk

Flow snowboard binding by Werner Jettmar

Big Brother (SK8) magazine Issue #1

Mogul skiing introduced at 16th Olympic Winter Games at Albertville, FRA

First Smartphone: IBM Simon

Audio CDs surpass cassette tape sales

First production shaped SKI: Kneissl Ergo

Snowboarder TV by Surfer Publications

Transworld Snowboarding Video Mag

Nuthin’ But A “G” Thang by Dr. Dre

First wide SNB for big-footers: K2 FatBob

Plow Snowboarding Magazine by Rich Gallagan

Heckler Magazine in Sacramento, California

First Twin Tip Wakeboard by Jimmy Redmon, Austin, TX

Wakeboarding Magazine by World Publications

Blunt Snowboarding Magazine Issue #1 by Ken Block and Damon Way

East Infection Snowboard Magazine by Mark Sullivan

Amateur World Championships in Slovenia

Gin And Juice by Snoop Doggy Dogg

These Are The Quotes From Our Favorite 80’s Movies by Bouncing Souls

Linoleum by NOFX

Baseless Snowboard Bindings

First Women’s Specific Pro Models, Sims’ Shannon Dunn and Kemper’s Tina Basich

First Air & Style in Innsbruck, Austria won by Reto Lamm, Switzerland

Snowboarding adopted by IOC as Olympic sport with Halfpipe and Giant Slalom as events

Playstation by Sony Computer Entertainment

First SNB company to go public: Ride

SNB adopted by IOC as Olympic sport

Aerial skiing introduced at 17th Olympic Winter Games at Lillehammer, NOR

Palmer Snowboards founded by Shaun Palmer

Rossignol Skis produces their first SNB

Method Magazine by Anders Hadman and Calle Eriksson, Sweden

Ebay founded by Pierre Omidyar in San Jose

Terje Haakonsen wins 2nd Air & Style

First Vans’ Warped Tour

First women’s SNB magazine, Fresh and Tasty by Melissa Longfellow and Bethany Stevens

First documented train jump on SNBs by Temple Cummins and Andy Hetzel at Donner Lake, CA

First online SNB magazine: Heckler, Sacramento, CA

First Consumer DVD

First 3D SNB constructions by Palmer

First X Games in Rhode Island

First Step-In Bindings for Soft Boots by Switch, Device, T-Bone

K2's first shaped SKI: K2 Four

Line Skis by Jason Levinthal

Salomon acquires Bonfire Apparel company

First Summer X Games in Rhode Island

Park City Resort opens to snowboarding

Just a Girl by No Doubt

Santeria by Sublime

Justified Black Eye by No Use for a Name

First descent on Cordova Peak, near Valdez, Alaska by Tom Burt and Jim Zellers

There are less than 10 public skateparks remaining in the United States

1 Billion TV sets worldwide

Palmer factory opens in Austria with ECO-friendly Prepreg Technology and Block Mold Presses

First consumer DVD player by Sony

Jake Burton Carpenter appears in an American Express Card TV commercial

Quicksilver buys Mervin Manufacturing

Salomon Skis make their first SNB

Adidas buys Salomon

First toe ramp binding, the Sims Posi-Link

First Winter X Games at Big Bear, CA

First tip-to-tail honeycomb SNB by Palmer

First tip and tail aluminum honeycomb SNB by Sims

Best selling single of all time: Candle in the Wind by Elton John

Best selling movie of all time: Titanic 1.84B (recently passed by Avatar)

Terje Haakonsen boycotts Winter Olympics

First ECO inlaid bases by Palmer

First Plasma TV by Pioneer

First full-carbon fiber SNB by Sims

Winter X Games move to Crested Butte, CO

Rockered Skis invented by Shane McConkey

Details Athlete of the Year: Shaun Palmer

SK8 Record Speed: 63 mph by Gary Hardwick

First Olympic Gold medals for snowboarding: GS: Ross Rebagliati (CAN) and Karine Ruby (FRA), Halfpipe: Gian Simmen (SUI) and Nicola Thost (GER)

First Cap Sidewall SNB Construction by Palmer

Google by Sergey Brin and Larry Page at Stanford University, CA

Sick: A Cultural History of Snowboarding by Susanna Howe

Freeskier Magazine Issue #1, Boulder, Colorado

First mass market twin tip ski: Salomon 1080

First Full-length twintip SKI: Line Dragon by Kris Ostness

K2 buys Morrow & all subsidiaries

World record season for most snow: Mt. Baker 1140 inches/29 meters

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Carry the Zero by Built to Spill

World record SNB speed: 201.97 km/h (125.459 mph) by Darren Powell (AU) at Les Arcs

Record SKI: 248 kph Harry Egger, Les Arcs

Tony Hawks Pro Skater for Sony Playstation, Activision

World Record Biggest Skateboard Spin: 900 Tony Hawk at X Games

Worlds Greatest Athlete by USA Today: Shaun Palmer

First SNB (Boarder-X) Parks: Palmer, Swatch, ASC & Laax

First Channel Titanium SNB by Palmer

Transworld Snowboarding’s premiere Good Wood test

Newschoolers.com, largest online freeskiing community

Winter X Games adds women freeskiing

K2 buys Ride Snowboards

Injunction against Napster to cease music trade

First Power Link System by Palmer (alternative to wide boards)

Winter X Games move to Mount Snow, VT

Fastest-growing sport in the USA is snowboarding (followed by skateboarding)

Snowboarder Shaun Palmer Wins Winter X and Gravity Games Skiercross

Alternative Sportsperson of the Year at the Laureus World Sports Awards: Shaun Palmer

Sims resurrects the World Snowboarding Championship in Whistler, BC.

Atomic SKI makes their first SNB

First Snowboarder on a Cereal Box, Barrett Christy on Apple Jacks

Dogtown and Z-Boys, SK8 documentary by Stacy Peralta and Craig Stecyk

Female Snowboarder of the Year ESPY: Barrett Christy

Action Sports Athlete of the Year ESPY: Shaun Palmer

The iPod by Tony Fadell and Apple

First production rockered skis: Volant Spatula by Shane McConkey

First see-through SNB: Palmer Honeypro and Honeycomb

Shaun Palmer Pro Snowboarder for Playstation 2, Activision

Best selling video game in the USA, Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2

4FRNT Skis by Matt Sterbenz

Rome Snowboards founded

Armada Skis founded by team owner-riders

In the End by Linkin Park

Winter X Games move to Aspen, CO

First and only women-specific SNB with honeycomb construction: Palmer Liberty and Liberty Carbon

First American sweep of Winter Olympics (19th) since 1956: Ross Powers, Danny Kass, JJ Thomas in SNB halfpipe

Ticket to Ride (TTR) Society established by Terje Haakonsen in Zurich, SUI

Action Sports Athlete of the Year ESPY: Kelly Clark

Most X Games medals won by an woman: 10, Barrett Christy (USA)

Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1, Nintendo

Friendster by Jonathan Abrams

Action Sports Athlete of the Year ESPY: Shaun White’s first of many

Linked In by Reid Hoffman

In Da Club by 50 Cent

Shaun White wins his first Air & Style

iTunes Store, Apple Computer

#2 best selling movie of all time: Lord of the Rings, 1.13B

First Burton T6 with aluminum honeycomb

First photopolymer hologram in SNB: Burton Custom

MySpace by Tom Anderson & Chris DeWolfe

First World Superpipe Championships at Park City Resort

Pretty Good for a Girl by Tina Basich

2000+ skateparks in the USA

Most expensive SNB on market: Palmer Crown LE with titanium, honeycomb, carbon, and NCF prepreg

Internet usage surpasses TV viewing

Peak year for snowboarding with 6.6 million participants

World record for SK8 Jump: 79 feet by Danny Way

First Go Skateboarding Day, June 21

Burton buys Four Star Distribution

Facebook by Mark Zuckerberg at Harvard

Hollaback Girl by Gwen Stefani

Lords of Dogtown by Sony Pictures

Youtube by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim

Shaun White dubbed “Flying Tomato”

World record for SNB Jump: 187 feet by Mads Jonsson

Adidas sells Salomon to Amer Sports

World record for SKI Jump: 239m/780 ft, Bjørn Einar Romøren, Norway

World's highest detachable chairlift by LEITNER-POMA at Breckenridge, CO

First womens-only SKI: Roxy

Quicksilver buys Rossignol

#3 best-selling movie of all time: Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man Chest, 1.06B

Darkest Days by Good Riddance

First documentary about Shaun White: The White Album by Dave Seoane

Shaun Palmer qualifies for US Olympic Snowboard team at age 38 but tears his achilles tendon and is unable to compete

Action Sports Athlete of the Year ESPY: Shaun White (SNB)

Female Action Sports Athlete of the Year ESPY: Hannah Teter (SNB)

20th Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy: halfpipe, boardercross and parallel GS

First snowboarder on cover of Sports Illustrated, Shaun White with insets including Hannah Teter, Danny Kass, Gretchen Bleiler

Apple TV

Twitter

iPhone by Apple

Jake Carpenter and Donna Burton Carpenter inducted into U.S. National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame

Rehab by Amy Winehouse

Most expensive production SNB on market: Palmer Platinum

Shaun White joins “Birdhouse Skateboards” Pro Team.

World Record quarterpipe highest Air: 37 feet at Arctic Challenge by Terje Haakonsen

Let It Ride, a documentary about Craig Kelly is released by Jacques Russo

Nintendo Wii

GNU and Lib Tech introduce banana rocker with magnatraction

Burton introduces Infinite Channel System and EST Bindings

Female Action Sports Athlete of the Year ESPY: Sarah Burke (SKI)

Esquire magazine releases the first electronic cover with e-ink technology

iTunes becomes the #1 music vendor in the United States

Palmer Snowboards make Skis

Outside Magazine SNB Gear of Year Award: Palmer Honeycomb

Most X Games medals: 16 (10-Gold) by Shaun White (SNB & SK8)

Most X Games SKI Medals: Tanner Hall, 10 (7-Gold) Taos Ski Valley, NM allows snowboarding

Female Action Sports Athlete of the Year ESPY: Gretchen Bleiler (SNB)

Most expensive car: Bugatti Veyron for 1.5M

Largest flat-screen plasma: 150 in Panasonic

Forbes richest action sports athletes (2008 earnings): Tony Hawk @ 12 million, Shaun White @ 9 million

Shaun Palmer wins Jeep’s King of the Mountain Snowboard Cross Series at age 39

Quicksilver sells Rossignol

World Record Highest Wing Suit Jump: 37,000 feet (11.27 km), Dr. Glenn Singleman, Australia

Female Action Sports Athlete of the Year (ESPY): Maya Gabeira (Surfing)

First African American President of the United States, Barack Obama

Off the Chain, An Insider’s History of Snowboarding by Ross Rebagliati

Outside Magazine SNB Gear of Year Award: GNU Altered Genetics

Palmer introduces FLF Mini Rocker

Shaun White becomes the first snowboarder to win back-to-back gold medals in the Winter X-Games Superpipe

Location-based apps for mobile phones

US Ski Hall of Fame: Doug Coombs for adventure skiing plus others

First women’s SKI jumping world champion: 320 feet by Lindsey Van (USA)

Fastest and most expensive car: Bugatti Veyron, 1001 hp for 1.7M

21st Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, BC, Canada

Most X Games medals: 18 (11-Gold) by Shaun White (SNB & SK8)

Outside Magazine SNB Gear of Year Award: Arbor Draft

#1 best-selling movie of all time (surpasses Titanic): Avatar by James Cameron

Shaun White becomes the first Winter X snowboarder to earn three-peat gold medals in Superpipe (2008-10)

Lindsey Jacobellis becomes first Winter X athlete to earn double three-peat gold medals in Snowboard X (2003-5, 2008-10)

Nate Holland becomes first Winter X athlete to earn a five-peat gold medal in Snowboarder X (2006-10)

Shaun White repeats gold medal at 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, CAN

Special thanks:

Lee Crane, Sean Corcoran, Paul MacArthur, Thrasher Magazine, Transworld Snowboarding, Wikipedia and Google for making it all possible.