Snowboarding was invented in 1963 by a man named Tom Sims. Snowboarding is an official sport which consists of somone riding down a mountain on a snowboard. One will use a snowbaord, binding and snow boarding boots inorder to go snowboarding.
In 1977, Jake Burton Carpenter founded Burton Snowboards out of his Vermont barn. Since then, Burton has fueled the growth of snowboarding worldwide through its groundbreaking product lines, its grassroots efforts to get the sport accepted at resorts and its team of top snowboarders. In 1996, Burton began growing its family of brands to include board sports equipment and apparel brands. Privately held and owned by Jake, Burton’s headquarters are in Burlington, Vermont with international offices in Innsbruck, Austria and Tokyo, Japan.
Nitro snowboards was born in 1990 in Seattle, Washington when two snowboarders wanted to make quality gear because there weren't a lot of good choices out there. Snowboarding was their passion and focus and it still is today. We remain true to snowboarding, and we thank you all for the support so we can continue to do so. Our goal has always been to progress the sport with products that are innovative in technology, design, and materials, always pushing the limits.
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1990: Ken Block meets Damon Way in a class at a local community college. The two start a clothing brand called Eightball.
1991: Eightball moves from the garage to an office.
1992: Building on Eightball's success, Ken and Damon launch Droors clothing line. Eightball produces snowboarding's first ever "snow jean" (baggy, water-resistant nylon jeans), based on a pattern of highly successful Eightball jean.