What does the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian Institution and the Colorado Snowsports Museum & Hall of Fame have in common? Both cultural institutions house a permanent collection of artifacts from Sherman Poppen, the inventor of the first commercially viable snowboard in the United States: the Snurfer. One of the original boards resides on display at the Smithsonian and five, which were originally on loan to the Colorado Snowsports Museum, are now part of their permanent collection thanks to the generosity of Sherman’s wife, Louise Poppen, and his daughter, Wendy Poppen.
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Month: April 2022
After our second to last Through the Lens presentation with Erik Lambert, co-founder of Bluebird Backcountry, this past March 2022, we linked up with Culturelines to provide a deeper dive into the story behind Bluebird, with an interview conducted by the Culturelines team and Lambert back in 2020. Here, they dive into the vision for Bluebird.
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