Tom sims story of becoming one of the fathers of the snowboard

   To begin, Tom Sims a pro skateboard champion that had a passion for snurfer and wanted to improve it .In 1970 moved to California ran a shop in Santa Barbara and during the time skating exploded since he was a champion he was saw as a skateboard icon. Became one of the top producers in skateboard in set the bar high when it came to skateboard manufacturing. He was building skiboards during this time. Fun fact you should know In 1963, Sims made what he called a "skiboard," for his seventh grade wood-shop class by combining his two favorite sports at that time, skiing and skateboarding, while in junior high at Haddonfield Central School in New Jersey. This was amazing accomplishment at a young age.
     Sims started producing snowboards the around the same time Jake Burton started his. In 1977, Bob Weber contacted Tom Sims and his employee Chuck Barfoot about teaming up on a snowboard design to improve it. During this time they worked on numerous boards also on how to improve its control and working with fiber glass to do so. Recruiting many skateboards and snowboards, who would pass up a Sims board? Also he was James bond stunt devil when they  snowboarded in a scene. (Sims was also an integral part creating of the snowboarding halfpipe, as one of the lucky  few that got  to ride the first at the Tahoe City landfill. He then went on to introduce the halfpipe and freestyle at the very first World Championships at Soda Springs, Calif. in 1983.) Credit  to http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20120113/RECREATION01/120119926 . A historical day to remember full of shredding. There was infamous decades-long Burton vs. Sims clash began fighting to be the very best snowboarder/snowboarder creator. Snowboarding moved from a  movement to a mainstream sport, and the rest is history.