i like snowboarding.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Snowboarding is a recreational activity and Olympic and Paralympic sport that involves descending a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet. The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing. It was developed in the United States in the 1960s, became a Winter Olympic Sport at Nagano in 1998 and first featured in the Winter Paralympics at Sochi in 2014. Its popularity (as measured by equipment sales) in the United States peaked in 2007 and has been in a decline since. Modern snowboarding began in 1965 when Sherman Poppen, an engineer in Muskegon, Michigan, invented a toy for his daughters by fastening two skis together and attaching a rope to one end so he would have some control as they stood on the board and glided downhill. Dubbed the \"snurfer\" (combining snow and surfer) by his wife Nancy, the toy proved so popular among his daughters' friends that Poppen licensed the idea to a manufacturer, Brunswick Corporation, that sold about a million snurfers over the next decade. And, in 1966 alone over half a million snurfers were sold. In February 1968, Poppen organized the first snurfing competition at a Michigan ski resort that attracted enthusiasts from all over the country.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Hi, I like snowboarding, have you ever tried this Olympic sport?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I have not, it seems dangerous to me, is it safer than it seems?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "There are definitely some dangers associated, but proper equipment can help manage that. The sport was inspired by skateboarding and surfing."}, {"role": "user", "content": "is it any safer than those sports? I have been skateboarding"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I don't think it's any safer than those sports. Modern snowboarding began in 1965."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That seems relatively new, that is cool, so the sport is still evolving then?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Snowboarding popularity in the US is said to have peaked in 2007 based on equipment sales. Ever since then it's on a decline based on sales."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Was that when Shaun White was really popular?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "That probably was the case. The creator of skis, Sherman Poppen sold toys called snurfers."}, {"role": "user", "content": "What are snurfers?"}]