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| kanman |
 Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:48 pm |
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Joined: 01 Sep 2008
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Location: chicago area
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Hey everyone,
I am selling a Sims '77 Flying yellow banana snowboard on ebay.
If you are interested in having a look at a cool board and a little history, here's the link.
EBAY AUCTION LINK
Historical info
1977 was a big year for snowboarding. Mike Olson built his first snowboard in high school as a shop project. In an amazing coincidence, Tom Sims had also built a snowboard in his junior high woodshop class. He was a skater who wanted to make a skateboard (without the wheels, of course) for the snow. Sims along with his friend and employee, Chuck Barfoot, started making snowboards out of Sims� garage in 1977. Apparently Barfoot was the one who actually made the snowboards at that point, and he also worked with Bob Webber. Bob Webber came up with something called "The Yellow Banana". Barfoot apparently tweaked it a bit and came up with "The Flying Yellow Banana". It�s sold under the Sims name as the "Skiboard".[url][/url] |
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| kanman |
| Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 12:10 pm |
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