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2. Snowboard - Wikipedia

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   It is widely accepted that Jake Burton Carpenter (founder of Burton Snowboards) [4] and/or Tom Sims (founder of Sims Snowboards) invented modern snowboarding by introducing bindings and steel edges to snowboards in the late 1970s. Sims was an avid skateboarder in 1963 when he built a crude “ski board” in his seventh-grade wood shop class in ...

3. Ski binding - Wikipedia

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   Bindings allow a certain amount of flexure of the boot position before they release under pressure during a fall. [9] Each binding is set for a DIN value that determines how readily it will release in case of a fall, based on the parameters of the skier's height, weight, age, and ability (rated from one for beginner to three for an advanced skier).

4. List of ski brands - Wikipedia

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   Armada was founded in 2002 by a group of professional skiers and the ski and snowboard photographer Chris O'Connell. Purchased by Amer Sports March, 2017. [2] Atomic: alpine skis, cross-country skis, ski jumping skis, twin tips, bindings, ski boots, ski clothes: Austria: 1955: Founded by Alois Rohrmoser.

5. Snowboard binding rotating device - Wikipedia

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   The first type allows the snowboarder to rotate the snowboard boot binding in relation to the snowboard by pulling upon a tether or releasing a lock. Repeating and rotating in the opposite direction leads back to the original angle position. These bindings are mainly either for comfort in the line or for one-time adjustments at the start of a run.

6. Marker (ski bindings) - Wikipedia

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   Marker ski bindings from the 1990s to 2000s. In 2007, Marker unveiled a new freeski binding system called the Duke. Complemented by the Jester, the new system redefined the performance parameters for freeride bindings. In 2008, the company released two new bindings, the Baron and the Griffon, that are also based on the Duke system.

7. Teleboard - Wikipedia

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   Teleboard, side view A teleboarder riding a King Carve 191 at Wachusett Mountain. Developed during the winter of 1996 by Martin and Erik Fey, the Teleboard consists of a long, narrow snowboard, or wide ski, with two free-heel telemark bindings arranged one in front of the other at a slight angle to the longitudinal axis.