In honor of last weekend’s Father’s Day festivities, TransWorld SNOWboarding took a look back at those rad dads that collectively helped found the sport and create the industry that today is snowboarding.
Here’s a compilation of the top seven who made the list. As a side note, TWSNOW also would like to mention a few key names in snowboarding’s history:
“Now we know that these are not the only ‘Fathers of Snowboarding’ but there’s only seven days in a week. Some of the other ‘Fathers’ that we would like to recognize are Sherman Poppin, Bob Barci, Bert LaMar, Tom Burt, Jamie Lynn,Terje Haakonsen, Chris Roach, Shawn Farmer, Damian Sanders, and many more who helped shape the sport into what it is today.”
Check out the entire, unabbreviated versions of these articles, written by TW SNOW’s Hondo, at TransWorld SNOW.com
1. Craig Kelly
Words by Hondo, TW SNOW
Craig Kelly is known to be the ‘Godfather’ of free-ridng. Craig brought so much to snowboarding, from the way we ride a snowboard, to the way we look when we ride a snowboard. Craig was a professional snowboarder up until the day he passed away in an avalanche near Revelstoke, BC.
Head here to see a piece written by Ken Achenbach about Craig from 1992.
Here’s more on Craig Kelly at TWSNOW.com.
Craig Kelly ripping a turn in 1989. PHOTO: Bud Fawcett
2. Terry Kidwell
Words by Hondo, TW SNOW
When talking about the ‘Fathers of Snowboarding’ it’s important to talk about Terry Kidwell. Terry is known to be the ‘Father of Freestyle’ snowboarding, which we guess, unless you’re all racers, is the type of snowboarding that you all participate in. He’s the first guy to do a McTwist on a snowboard. Without Terry we could all be wearing spandex and going through gates. And that doesn’t sound too awesome. Read more on Kidwell at TW SNOW.
To see the rest of the list click HERE!
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