Snowboard and skateboard pioneer Tom Sims dies

Tom Sims, pioneering skateboarder and snowboarder, died from cardiac arrest Wednesday night at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, near his home in California, according to a statement released by Sims Snowboards on Thursday.
"Tom's accomplishments speak for themselves," read a statement from Sims Snowboards, the company he founded. "A true pioneer, Tom brought forward thinking concepts and innovations that forever changed the landscape of the snow and skate industry. His constant quest for the deepest powder, the longest downhill road and the smoothest wave has been and always will be an inspiration to us all."
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Sims, 62, was a 1983 former World Snowboarding Champion, 1975 World Champion Skateboarder and founder of Sims Snowboards and Sims Skateboards. He lived in Santa Barbara, California since 1971.
Sims was the primary snowboarding stunt double in the 1985 James Bond movie "A View to a Kill."
Sims is credited with many of the most important innovations in both snowboarding and skateboarding including the first metal edged snowboard, the first snowboarding Half Pipe, the first freestyle snowboard, the first pro-model snowboard. Also Sims was credited with building and marketing the world's first longboards for skateboarding in 1975. Not surprisingly, a young Tony Hawk rode Sims skateboards in the 1970s, according to Wikipedia.