The Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum has two new shows running concurrently that would be worth checking out if you happen to be near Stowe, Vermont, any time soon.
Beginnings: Snurfing to Snowboarding (featuring the work of the guys in the photo: Jake Carpenter, Sherman Poppen, and Tom Sims) and From the Alps to Vermont: The Photography of Hubert Schriebl, according to a story in Vermont’s Seven Days.
Dave Schmidt, a museum board member who worked for Burton Snowboards from 1986 to 2003, curated both exhibits. To chronicle the evolution of snowboarding, he assembled Burton boards, Snurfers and other sliding devices as well as patents, photos, videos, firsthand accounts and memorabilia, much of it from the collection of Paul Graves, snowboarding’s first sponsored rider and a former Vermonter who worked to legitimize the sport.
The wave of nostalgia is definitely a closeout, but if you’re in the mood, check it out. Mr. Schriebl is one of the nicest photogs ever to point a camera at a snowboarder. And it’s great to see that he’s still around. Click here for all the details.
[Link: Seven Days]
