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From Pat's "History" Page:

I have researched this for a while, and its more accurate than the skiboarding history's that you'll find on most sites, but it's still not complete. If you have anything to add, please email Pat.

In Europe, figgles were invented. They were kind of like Big Foots without toes. They were invented by cutting part of a ski jumping ski off. The figgles were then produced for a short time by a major company (Atomic I think, but i'm not exactly sure).

In 1989, Big Foots were produced by Kneissl. Big Foots are about 63cm long, and have toes at the tip (Big Foots still have the toes at the tip, except for on one model).

A few years later, Micro Ski came out with their mini-skis. Microskis were at first produced by Odessey. They were (and are) around the same length as the Big Foots. The main difference between the two was the fact that Micro Ski's didnt have toes at the tip.

In 1995, Klimax (recently went out of business) was started by Mike Canon and Tayt Tindal. A little later Jason Levinthal created Line Skiboards Around the same time, Groove was started by Jarett Perelmutter.(Grove and Line started at similar times without knowing each other existed).

The following year, Salomon got into the sport, and created Snowblades. Snowblades are a little thinner than an average skiboard. Also that year, Mike Canon quit Klimax, and started Canon, because he had no ability to make changes. Tayt Tindal also quit Klimax, to ride for Salomon.

Since then, skiboarding has seen a lot of growth. Major companies like Atomic, Hart, and Dynastar have gotten into skiboarding. Another sign of skiboardings growth was when it was introduced to many people in the Winter X-Games. Expect skiboarding to skyrocket in poularity over the next few years.