Shipping was only a problem when snowboarding first came up. This is the case since the amount for the cost of shipping the individual resources needed to make the snowboard ended up being too pricey.
This problem was easily resolved because of the mass developments in the shipment field. There were more readily available trade routes as well a larger interest in the snowboards. The consumers had a huge part in the increase of the demand of snowboards. The consumers wanted the snowboards so much that the speed of international countries shipping speeds became more efficient. This also led to the countries who had the resources the United States wanted to want to trade more, so that their country could get the same finished products at the end of the trade.
The shipping of raw materials deal with environmental and social aspects. Shipments of the raw materials lead to more consumers to get interested in the snowboard. This means more manufacturing, but also more social talk to gain more and more interested snowboarders along board.