Who invented the summer sled?
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the same person who invented the wall-stretcher
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England. After all, they invented the sport.
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Nicholas Berg\n\nhttp://www.lonetraveller.com/article2.html
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If you watch Cool Runnings, it explains it all. One to steer, one to break, and the other two help it to start, and add weight to the sled.
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polaris indy 500.it is a proven sled with a liquid cooled engine,fantastic suspension,hand warmers.the engine is a proven winner.
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Barnicles is awesome, but yeah who invented it, good question, never thought of that before...\n\nWho's Imao Christa?
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(m)\n\nThe swedish guy  invented the Crazy Frog
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Niel Armstrong. Buzz Aldrin was supposed to be the first but Armstrong was closest to the door.
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Did you know that the first of the snowboards goes back all the way to 1929? Back then they has skis, but the first person to come up with the idea of a snowboard was a man named M.J. "Jack" Burchett. He cut out a plank of plywood and tried to stick his feet to the wood with the help of some clothes and horse reins. It was over 30 years after Burchett that the next step was taken towards the evolution of snowboards. In 1965, Sherman Poppen, a chemical gases engineer in Muskegon invented the “The Snurfer”. The name was given by his wife. He came up with the “The Snurfer” in order to entertain his daughter. He made the Snurfer by putting two skis together and putting a rope at the nose so that the rider could hold it and keep it stable. Many of his friends were interested in this Snurfer and that inspired him into licensing his idea to a manufacturer. The Snurfer sold over half a million in 1966 but was only seen as a toy for kids, not something serious enough for adult entertainment. Poppen organized competitions in order to make the Snurfer even more poppular. Jake Burton was really into the Snurfer and participated in the competitions organized by Poppen. Since Burton’s parents wouldn’t buy him a board and let him surf, he amused himself with the Snurfer. He was also very into skiing alongside the Snurfer, but he broke his collarbone in a car accident and couldn’t participate in ski competitions anymore. Meanwhile, a college student, &#92;Dimitrije Milovich started making snowboards in 1969. He came up with the idea after sliding down with a cafeteria plate in College. He started his own company in 1972 with the name “Winterstick”. He got reviewed on Newsweek and Playboy, which increased the popularity of snowboards. Although he left the business in 1980, he is still recognised as one of the most important pioneers in developing snowboards. In 1977, Burton, after graduating from NYU moved to Vermont and started producing new versions of the Snurfer which he still remembered from childhood. He came up with the first binding and he amazed people when he won the Snurfer competition with his very own board with the bindings on it.
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Amen to that question. It is so damn hot down here in the south right now it is going to be unbearable when summer does officially get here. I do wish we had a machine that we could adjust and set it to where it was perfect weather all year long. If you ever here of anyone inventing it, PLEASE let me know!!!!
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try this link\nhttp://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/106.html
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Joseph Francis\n\n\n\nFRANCIS, Joseph, inventor, born in Boston, Massachusetts, 12 March 1801. At eleven years of age he exhibited a fancy boat at a fair, and at the age of eighteen received from the Massachusetts mechanics' institute the first prize for a fast rowboat. He afterward established a boatyard in New York, and was requested by the secretary of the navy to go to Portsmouth navy yard and build wooden lifeboats for the frigate "Santee " and the line-of-battle ship "Alabama." Soon after this he invented a portable boat that could be taken apart, and a method of building boats over a frame or mould with inch square strips of cedar nailed edge to edge, the joining showing neither nail heads or seams, and requiring no calking. These boats, all of which were lifeboats, came into general use. His greatest achievements were in the construction of lifesaving appliances. These consisted of lifeboats, life cars, and surf lifeboats. Of the lifeboats the first that he made was of wood, and was called the "Hydrogen " lifeboat. The interior was fitted with copper air tubes, and the invention proved successful. As a result of later experiments, the use of wood in the construction of his boats quickly gave way to iron, although the use of iron in the manufacture of vessels of any kind was practically unknown at that time. To Mr. Francis may be conceded the first use of iron floating vessels. \n\nAnother improvement was added by having the spaces at the bow and stern of the boats made into reservoirs of air, as well as the spaces at the sides, enabling the boat to sustain a great load in the heaviest sea. In 1838 Mr. Francis invented the life car by which to land people safely from a wreck. He began with experiments on wooden lifeboats, and finally, in 1842, invented the corrugated metallic life car, with space for four adults. His first perfect metallic life car was placed on the coast of New Jersey, near Long Branch, in the autumn of 1849, at his own expense, the government refusing to aid him in any way. The boat was not called into use until January 1850, when the British emigrant vessel "Ayrshire" was wrecked on Squan Beach in a violent winter storm. There were 201 persons on board, and 200 were saved by means of the life car. The one loss of life that occurred was that of a man who insisted on attempting to ride through the surf on the outside of the ear, when his family was inside. This car was for a long time preserved in the museum in Central park, New York, but on 10 July 1885, it was deposited, as a relic, in the National museum in Washington. \n\nDuring the first four years of the use of lifeboats (1850'3) they were instrumental in saving 2,150 lives, besides an immense amount of valuable cargo. Mr. Francis's metallic life surfboat, invented in 1845, was designed for riding lightly on the wildest sea. In 1845 Mr. Francis obtained patents in the United States, England, France, Germany, and Russia, for his method of constructing vessels of corrugated sheet metal, and for the machinery by which they were produced. His inventions for the machinery and for the application of the hydraulic press were adjuncts of the greatest importance. He furnished lifeboats built on the principle of the corrugated sheet metal for the Dead Sea and Arctic expeditions, to the war, navy, and treasury departments, and to several European governments. Mr. Francis has extended the application of corrugated metal to the building of steamers, floating docks, harbor buoys, and pontoon wagons, and every civilized country has adopted his inventions. \n\nAmong his many other inventions are a military hood made of cloth for the protection of sentinels in a storm, a circular yacht, and a double joint rowlock. He has received numerous medals and decorations from European sovereigns. The order of knighthood of St. Stanislaus, with its medal and diploma, was conferred upon him in 1861, and on 4 February 1856,
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Byrd, Richard E. (1888-1957). Pioneered use of airplanes in polar regions, making flights over both poles. Acquired scientific knowledge of these regions for more than 30 years. Received peacetime Medal of Honor and Medal of Freedom. 1968.
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Oliver Lodge\n\nPatented Invention: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bl_spark_plugs.htm\n\nAlso Edmund Berger (but he didn't patent)
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I heard a story once (no idea if true or not) that after the Kite / key experiment some derisively called him "sparky"\n\nAnother more reliable would be "Poor Richard" he wrote the book "Poor Richard's Almanac"
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James Nesmith.  The guy that invented basketball invented all basketball.
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http://www.SledRiding.com/seasonallinks.html is the best xmas seasonal links page there is, period.