Swiss Snowboard Brands

Swiss Snowboard Brands

In the beginning, the dream was to surf perfect waves even in winter. This is why the first snowboarders and snowboard manufacturers were passionate surfers and/or skaters. The youth movement that grew out of this dream in the USA was based in cities. In the late 1970s, young people took their boards – which were initially very basic – into the American mountains. Denounced as “snow punks”, these

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Snowboard Brands

Tags: Economy and Energy, Industry, Enterprises, Sport, Economy
Spatial extent: Switzerland
Time: 2022

Map objects: Bboards, Craft Ski & Boards, Enlain, factory 9, Kessler, Nidecker, Oxess, Radical, West, Zen Snowboards