These 3 Ski Resorts Ban Snowboarding: Here's Why

The exact date of snowboarding’s origins is somewhat murky—anyone can claim that their grandad slid down snow on a lunch tray some 80 years ago—but the sport undertook a significant step towards officialization in 1965 with the invention of the Snurfer, a contraption composed of two skis bolted together.
Ten years later, surfer Dimitrije Milovich pulled headlines—and gave the burgeoning sport additional momentum—when he released the Winterstick snowboard. Snowboardi