Swiss Snowboard Brands

In the beginning, the dream was to surf perfect waves even in winter. This is why the first snowboarders and snowboard manufacturers were passionate surfers and/or skaters. The youth movement that grew out of this dream in the USA was based in cities. In the late 1970s, young people took their boards – which were initially very basic – into the American mountains. Denounced as “snow punks”, these

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Snowboard Brands

Tags: Economy and Energy, Industry, Enterprises, Sport, Economy
Spatial extent: Switzerland
Time: 2022

Map objects: Bboards, Craft Ski & Boards, Enlain, factory 9, Kessler, Nidecker, Oxess, Radical, West, Zen Snowboards