Sims is frequently credited with inventing the first modern snowboard. He built his "Skiboard" prototype in wood shop class in seventh grade in 1963, and followed with several skateboard and snowboard ...
Under a bright midday sun and with a sneaky fun bit of swell tickling the coast, several hundred people gathered at Hammonds Beach in Montecito this past Sunday to celebrate the life and lore of ...
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Tom Sims, a snowboarding legend and pioneer, died of cardiac arrest Wednesday near his home at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. Sims is survived by his wife Hilary, sister ...
The godfather of snowboarding - who even stunt-doubled as James Bond on the slopes - has died, aged just 61. Tom Sims, passed away from a heart attack on Wednesday at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, ...
He was also a prominent manufacturer of snowboards and their precursor, the skateboard . Sims was already a skilled exponent of the skateboard when in 1963, aged 12, he built a crude “ski board” in ...
Tom Sims, an innovative skateboarding and snowboarding pioneer and former world champion who helped bring snowboarding to the masses by pushing ski resorts to embrace the fledgling sport in the 1980s, ...
Tom Sims, an innovative skateboarding and snowboarding pioneer and former world champion who helped bring snowboarding to the masses by pushing ski resorts to embrace the fledgling sport in the 1980s, ...
Tom Sims, pioneering skateboarder and snowboarder, died from cardiac arrest Wednesday night at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, near his home in California, according to a statement released by Sims ...