During the early growth phase of snowboarding one of the significant moments was when an article about the little-known sport appeared in the the February 1978 edition of Playboy. Disappointingly it had nothing to do with the drugs and sports headline on the front page, or the outer-space sex headline for that matter..,

I've just realised it's the 10th anniversary of this...

The now sadly long-defunct Snurfing News first hit the shelves in March 1979. The first edition covered some of the seminal events of early snowboard/Snurfing history including an actual in-competition straight air and a full 360° turn. Let's take a look at all four pages of it...

The little-known Muskegon Area Sports Hall of Fame and their website, are the unlikely hosts of a surprisingly rich horde of memorabilia from the early days of snowboarding. Here's a look at one of the things that caught my eye, the booklet from the 1982 National Snow Surfing Championship, the event that ultimately evolved into the US Open...

Featuring the best monoski invention you'll see this week...

A couple of weeks ago we shared some impressive vintage car ads that two guys produced for Pontiac, that featured some awesome cars and lecherous blokes. Since then we found a site called Vintage Ad Browser and another batch of ski-inspired vintage car ads from the 20s onwards (skip to the end if you just want to get drunk). Things start of well with some seriously high-class vehicles, but by the 70s the options had seriously deteriorated...

In February 1959, nine Russian ski hikers trekked off in to the wilderness and died horribly in very strange circumstances. Now they've made a movie...

Here's a look at the method of snow clearance that comes directly out of the sledgehammer school of walnut freeing...

As part of my ongoing quest to find the perfect car for snowboarding, I've found a few more ideas...

I've been busy researching hipsters for an article that should go up on the main site this week. In the meantime here's a photo from back in 1971 via a Tumblr site called Dads Are The Original Hipsters. 

Saunsee Signs a sign maker in Spring Lake, Michigan had a little sideline in producing snowboards, surfboards and skateboards when they started out in the 80s. They produced wooden snurf boards under the Mountain Slave brand and a range of fibreglass snowboards with some jazzy graphics...