[First published in Transworld SNOWboarding, February 2005]
In the beginning there was an urge to find different ways to get down a snow-covered hill, to be different, and to tinker. This account is not meant to issue bragging rights or lay down who’s-first claims (unless they are widely known,) but it’s an effort to educate and give thanks to the early pioneers who had the ingenuity and took the time to make snowboarding better. This is a simple account of the evolution of the snowboard binding.
By Dennis Nazari
Photography by James Cassimus
11. The fear of being locked into the board may have been an issue for some. Later it was discovered that it was safer to stay in the board for a fall. In 1982, Burton did away with the single rear strap and used the same binding on both the front and back of the board. PHOTO: James Cassimus
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TAGS: binding history, Burton, Dennis Nazari, Flite, history, sims, Snowboard history, snurfer, winterstick
