Snurfer manufacturing blank created by Sherman Poppen
Snurfer manufacturing blank created by Sherman Poppen
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- Description (Brief)
- In 1966 Poppen teamed up with the Brunswick Corporation and licensed the product to them. They worked together to create a board from laminated wood used for bowling alley gutters. This single manufacturing blank is made up of five layers of plywood with a V-shaped groove cut into the back of the board. Carving a groove made the “water ski” track better.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- manufacturing blank
- manufacturing blank, snowboarding
- inventor
- Poppen, Sherman R.
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 46 in x 6 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; 116.84 cm x 16.51 cm x 11.43 cm
- ID Number
- 2009.0092.03
- accession number
- 2009.0092
- catalog number
- 2009.0092.03
- subject
- Sports
- Snowboarding
- recreational
- Invention
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- Cultural and Community Life: Sport and Leisure
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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