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• Locations: News By Jeanne Souldern Published Feb. 24, 2021

  Inventor rides waves of opportunity

  From right to left, Jake Burton Carpenter, Chris Karol, Kevin Workman, Andy Coghlan and Tom Sims following the third U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships in 1983 at Snow Valley, near Manchester, Vermont. Courtesy photo.

  It may appear that Chris Karol’s life has taken a circuitous route. Looking closer, you will see that each turn has led to a series of connected pathways.
  The year 1982 would see the first official snowboard competition, the National Snow Surfing Championships (later known as the U.S. Open… read more →