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Snowboarding is a world-famous sport and a multi-billion industry. It wasn't always that way. What became the snowboard started out as a backyard toy called the "snurfer.'' It was invented by a man named Sherman Poppen, who died recently at age 89. His daughter, Wendy Poppen of Fort Collins, reflects on her father's legacy.