Surfboards have no footholds. In 1985 Finn, a San Diego surfer, shortened his board and attached foot straps. That was the birth of skurfing, or ski-boarding. In 1990 O'Brien, whose company made water skis, developed a thinner board made of compressed molded epoxy-Fiberglas. It was the prototype for today's wakeboard.
Boards vary in length, width, curvature, fin size and foot straps or boots.
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