By the 1970s, future snowboard icons and legends were beginning to explore the sport further, adjusting techniques and even creating custom equipment.
Dave Alden, a professional snowboarder on the Burton team during the 1980s, can remember a particular ski trip to Alta around the late ’70s — before he began snowboarding. From the chairlift, he spotted “some guys hiking up with big yellow snowboards.†After catching up with the snowboarders, Alden discovered  … More