Wall Street Journal doesn't do much research before going to print.

It seems to me that time has caught up with my little project, when I started this blog, the idea of "Snurfing" wasn't on anyones mind, now its suddenly all in the news. At least according to the Wall Street Journal, the article isn't very well researched but at least its free advertising for what I've been doing. I think that Jesse Will would be better served acknowledging all the brands including Grellboards, Novak, Phnx, Barfoot, Sims, Flite, Ateam, Sherman Poppen, Snurfing, Snurfer, Snowsurfing, Snowsurfer, Skiboard, and the list goes on. Follows is how the article reads online. All for this go around. JG Snowboards for the Sledding Hill Ditch the stiff boots—and lift tickets—with a back-to-basics, binding-free board, like the Snurfer, Burton Throwback or Jones Mountain Surfer By JESSE WILL Nov. 28, 2014 12:40 p.m. ET 4 COMMENTS POWDER RANGERS | From left: Burton’s limited-edition Throwback, based on a 1981 rope-steered model; a recent reissue of the Snurfer, a 1965 proto-snowboard; and the Jones Mountain Surfer, which lacks bindings but has small metal cleats that riders can push their boots into for greater control. ENLARGE POWDER RANGERS | From left: Burton’s limited-edition Throwback, based on a 1981 rope-steered model; a recent reissue of the Snurfer, a 1965 proto-snowboard; and the Jones Mountain Surfer, which lacks bindings but has small metal cleats that riders can push their boots into for greater control. SNOWBOARDING IS a relatively young sport, but some riders are still pining for its humble roots. “There’s an interest now in returning to a place where you don’t need to dress like an astronaut and take a chair lift,” said pro-snowboarding legend Jeremy Jones. Indeed, in the sport’s earliest days, riders would “snow surf” down backyard inclines and sledding hills, not ticketed resort slopes. The equipment was more rudimentary, too. One classic will make a comeback next week, when the venerable Vermont-based snowboard maker Burton releases its Throwback Snowboard ($120, burton.com)—a plywood model based on the brand’s Backhill, from 1981, which was one of the sport’s most popular boards at the time. Like other early snowboards, the Throwback has no bindings to lock boots to it. Instead, you stand on a grippy polymer footpad and hang on via the handle attached to the nose by a rope (kind of like standing on a sled). That rope serves two purposes: It allows you to steer (just lean back in the direction you want to turn) and prevents the board from becoming a projectile when you spill. The Throwback isn’t meant for use at resorts, since it lacks the metal edges that make for tidy turns on hard-packed snow. It’s also missing the polyethylene base that gives modern snowboards their glide. But it’s perfect for absolute beginners to use at the park (Mr. Jones himself learned on a Burton Backhill—a Christmas present—in his backyard when he was a child) as well as powder junkies who want to snag a hillside run without getting fully geared up. The Throwback will be available in two sizes—100 cm for kids, 130 cm adults—and limited to an edition of 800. It’s being joined by another blast-from-the-past: the Snurfer, a proto-snowboard first sold in 1965 that has been out of production for 30 years. Vermont-based Vew-Do recently attained Snurfer’s license and is just beginning to ship hardwood remakes of the original as well as an updated model, called the Nomad, which has a wider, more forgiving nose ($120 and $140, snurferboards.com). Mr. Jones’s eponymous snowboard brand—now a Burton rival—is getting in on the retro act, too, with the binding-free Jones Mountain Surfer ($349, jonessnowboards.com)—a model aimed at more experienced riders that is less of a toy than the Throwback or Snurfer. “Raising kids and teaching them how to snowboard was really a reminder to me that you don’t need a bunch of fancy gear to have a lot of fun,” said Mr. Jones.