i like to snowboard.
[{"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": "user", "content": "I haven't snowboarded in years"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I haven't either, it is a lot of fun though.Apparently the popularity of it has been declining since 2007 in the US, which is strange to me."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I feel like the decline has something to do with the newer generations using electronics to have fun instead of physical activities."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well if that were the case other sports would be declining too but that isn't the case. Also, on another note, snowboarding only began in 1965 which I was really surprised by."}, {"role": "user", "content": "True but most sports like football, basketball and baseball are more televised than snowboarding"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I think that's more of a correlation to the fact that it isn't as popular and its declining. Also it's so weird that the inventor's wife called the snowboard a \"snurfer\" since it is a mix of snow and surfer."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's quite the name. The decline in the sport may have something to do with location since not all areas of the world have access to snowy slopes."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "That's true, but they could just televise it from a different area. Apparently the first actual competition for snowboarding (\"snurfing\" at the time) was in 1968 in Michigan and it was really popular."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That can be held true to most sports. Like skateboarding use to be very popular but it to has had a decline."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "They're pretty similar sports if you think about it. Snowboarding only became really popular when it became a part of the Winter Olympics in 1998."}]