History of the Snowboard Materials Uses Skills Origin of fiberglassSnowboards, Snowboards, and more Snowboards. Snowboards are quick, long, fast and thin. I choose to do my project on a snowboard because, I know a lot about how and where to snowboard. I'ts a topic that I can relate too, plus its very interesting to me. What I know about snowboards for sure is that they are made out of wood, plastic, and some steel. I also know that to snowboard you need to have good balance, and helps if you have a daring personallity and like to try new things. This is what my background knowledge started out as, but has grown very much. 