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Who'd have thunk it? A simple kid's cartoon book has sparked an online war of words between snowboarders, as it wrongly implies that Jake Burton invented the snowboard.

Titles Jake Burton Carpenter and the Snowboard by Michael O'Hearn, published by Graphic Library, the book is one of a series called Inventions and Discovery - with other titles including George Eastman and the Kodak Camera; Thomas Edison and the Lightbulb; and more.

'A fictional account of snowboarding history' a review on Amazon.com says an 'afterword acknowledges that no one knows who invented the first snowboard.'

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via twsnow.com
Images: Graphic Library