t would work on packed snow. Shaped wood can slide
             along on a hill of deep powder, and it could turn pretty good, but it still was slow
             In 1980 and 1981 the three main snowboard companies, Burton, Sims, and
             John Winterstick began to produce fiberglass boards with polietilene (P-tex)
             bases, as well as metal edges. The same year the Struck Brothers produced a
             board with two small skis on the bottom. Called the Swingbo, it was easier to
             When snowboard companies found out about the importance of flex, sidecut,
             and camber, nine basic materials began being used. They could be manipulated
             or have substitutions, depending on what the board was supposed to do. These
             parts were wood or foam, fiberglass, poly MDI, epoxy matrix, polietilene (a.k.a.
             P-tex or PE), flacee or ABS, Fenolo-reinforced poly MDI or P-tex, steel inserts,
             Wood or foam makes up the core of the board. Usually the core is made of
             different types of wood, stiff and light to make the board flexible and durable.
             Wood needs to be laminated vertically so that the
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