How Snowboarding became a Sport

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How snowboarding was created Banned by ski resorts for years, snowboards were first allowed on the slopes in 1983 at Stratton Mountain. Jake Burton helped create the sport

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'I shot him right in the butt': I invented paintball Two friends were arguing over who could survive better in the wild. To settle the dispute, they created a whole new game.

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How books by women changed the world The feminist publishing company Virago Press was set up by Carmen Callil in the 1970s

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Britain's first female black headteacher When Yvonne Conolly became a headmistress in 1969, she received racist abuse but refused to let it define her.

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How I took the Coronation Stone The Stone of Destiny had been in Westminster Abbey since 1296. But Ian Hamilton led a group of Scots to claim it back in 1950.

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Changing the Catholic Church In 1959 Pope John XXIII called all the world’s Catholic bishops and cardinals to Rome to discuss the future of the Church, it led to sweeping reform.

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