12 pm
Grand Rapids Public Library, Main Library
111 Library St NE
Grand Rapids MI 49503
Nearly a foot of new snow covered the sand dune behind Sherm Poppen's home on Christmas Day in 1965. In his attempt to entertain his two young daughters, he created the prototype for the Snurfer—the first commercial snowboard. Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Snurfer and discover snowboarding’s beginnings in Muskegon with historian Ron Pesch. Learn about Poppen's creation, the Snurfing championships sponsored by Muskegon Community College, its move to Pando winter sports park in Rockford, and the evolution of Snurfing into the sport we know today as snowboarding.
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