"The longtime Muskegon resident has deep ties to the sport.He invented a primitive version of the snowboard, the Snurfer, in 1965 and is widely acknowledged as the farther of snowboarding.
Poppen became the first inductee into the Snowboarding Hall of Fame in Banff, Canada, in 1995.
He was humbled by the ceremony and the honor propelled his interest in taking up the sport.
“I figured I started this thing, I’d better get into it. And then I fell in love,” Poppen said"
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