The next major advance came in 1982, when Sims put metal edges on his snowboard so it could be used in a wider variety of snow conditions. He went on to improve and expand the sport over the years, introducing new snowboarding styles, bindings and designs.
Commodity money is a form of money with an intrinsic value. Some of the best examples of commodity money are silver and gold coins. Currency(cash) or banknotes do not have intrinsic value and are virtually worthless in itself. It only has value because society views it as a unit of exchange. This type of currency is called fiat money.
In contrast, one of the characteristics of a commodity good is that its price is determined as a function of its market as a whole. Well-established physical commodities have actively traded spot and derivative markets.Generally, these are basic resources and agricultural products such as iron ore, sugar, rice.etroleum and copper are other examples of such commodities, their supply and demand being a part of one universal market. Items such as stereo systems, on the other hand, have many aspects of product differentiation, such as the brand, the user interface and the perceived quality.