"I can recall each season by the boards we rode," said local snowboard pioneer John McGinnis. "The Safari on the far left is what I was riding when the mountain announced that it would open to riders the following year." (Photo provided)
January 27, 2019
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January 27, 2019 4:54 p.m.
3 decades of surfing Big Mountain
Stumptown Snowboards owner Joe Tabor proudly displays his first snowboard on the back wall of the store in downtown Whitefish. He handcrafted the solid-wood, arrowhead-shaped behemoth as a young boy in a school shop class in 1982. Stickers are plastered on the nose of the board where a rope is attached for steering — no bindings or boots required.