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A Canadian Battle For Swatch Ttr Tour Lead At 4star Stylewars In Australia
02 years ago
Falls Creek, Australia – August 21st, 2009: In the wake of the 5Star Burton New Zealand Open where minds were blown and snowboarding history was made in the halfpipe last week, riders will make the jump over to Australia for the 4Star Stylewars competition at Falls Creek. In its seventh year running, the Stylewars event will kick off on Monday, August 24th 2009 with three days of jam format competition on the massive slopestyle course where riders will be vying for the coveted Stylewars Grand Master title and one 4Star Swatch TTR result. (more…)
Burton Hires New CFO
02 years ago
by Press Release
in Industry News
BURLINGTON, Vt. (April 28, 2009) — Burton today announced that it has hired Mike Rees as the CFO of Burton Corporation. Mike will start his role on Monday, May 4th and be based at Burton Headquarters in Burlington, Vermont where he will report directly to CEO Laurent Potdevin. Previously, Mike spent sixteen years at VF Corporation in a number of roles, including CFO of Reef and Eagle Creek and CFO of VF’s International Outdoor division. (more…)
The 2009 Burton Global Open Series- Six Stops, Six Countries
02 years ago
Electric’s Jamie Anderson and Chas Guldemond were crowned the Champions for both men and women overall in the 2009 BGOS. The Burton Global Open Series has six stops in six countries: USA, New Zealand, Australia, Europe, Canada, and Asia. Both Jamie and Chas took home $100,000.00 for winning the most progressive and competitive snowboard series in the world. Jamie and Chas competed at every stop in the BGOS and traveled all over the world to earn one of the most esteemed titles in their Snowboard careers, the 2009 BGOS, Men and Women’s Champion. Electric would like to express our gratitude and congratulations to Jamie and Chas for having the year of their life!
Jamie took a bad fall during the US Open and ruptured her Spleen so she was not on hand to receive her Check and Trophy, Burton made her a big “get well soon” card and some of her competitors and friends were on hand to receive her Award in her place. (more…)
Burton Hires New Managing Director of its Japan Office
02 years ago
by Press Release
in Industry News
BURLINGTON, Vt. (March 12, 2009) — Burton today announced that it has hired Bill Werlin to head up its office in Tokyo, where he will start his new role at the end of March. Bill comes to Burton with a wealth of senior management experience in the outdoor industry and nearly 10 years of experience working in Japan as the General Manager of Patagonia, Japan.
“Bill has the ideal combination of vast experience in the outdoor and apparel industries combined with a deep understanding of the business environment in Japan,” says Laurent Potdevin, CEO of Burton. “We know he will hit the ground running when he starts at the Japan office, bringing fresh ideas, new approaches and in-depth knowledge to compliment our excellent staff in Tokyo.” (more…)
SIA.09 – Burton, Anon, R.E.D.
03 years ago
Burton is always one of the highlights of SIA for us. The sheer magnitude of Burton’s product line dwarfs most other brands, and the 2010 line is no different. As well as being the biggest, Burton’s line is among the best looking for the 09/10 season. You can be certain you’ll be seeing a lot about this gear in the next few months. By far our largest appointment, we spent 2 1/2 hours with Mia going through next year’s offering from Burton, R.E.D., and Anon. We also had the opportunity to hang out with Danny Davis, Kevin Pearce, Jake Burton Carpenter, and 9-year-old rockstar Lexis Roland, thanks guys! (more…)
Burton to Design U.S. Snowboarding Team Outerwear for the 2010 Olympics
03 years ago
by Press Release
in Industry News
BURLINGTON, Vt. (January 28, 2009)— Burton today announced that it will once again provide the official snowboard outerwear for the U.S. Snowboarding Team at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics as it did for the Torino 2006 Olympics. In addition, Burton will build on its long-standing relationship with W. L. Gore & Associates by partnering with the company and leveraging the performance benefits of GORE-TEX® fabric, the official fabric of the 2010 U.S. Snowboarding Team’s Olympic outerwear. (more…)
08-09 Burton Vapor Review
03 years ago
by User Review
in Men's Snowboards
It has upped my game and I fell in love with it instantly
In my opinion, the standard issue deck graphics are uugly they get a “2? although for another buck fiddy you can get custom graphics. The board itself gets a “10? handsdown this puppy has power steering. It’s like an extension of your body, you dont ride it, it rides you, like you almost forget its there! It turns everything into butta’ rich creamery butta’ hand-churned by Amish bitches in the Black Forest of Pennsylvania, then waxed by hobbitts, Old world craftsmanship baby!
The Stash At Killington Official Grand Opening
03 years ago
by Press Release
in Resort News
Killington Resort and Burton Snowboards joined forces this past summer to break ground on the East Coast’s first Stash run out of only five in the world. Although the Stash opened to the public in December, it wasn’t until January 15th that a grand opening took place. Nearly 50 journalists descended on the hill eager to check out the goods and spend some time with Burton pro riders Dave Downing, Yale Cousino, Hans and Nils Mindnich. Enjoying the romance of Amtrak’s Ethan Allen Express were a dozen or so handpicked journalists from NYC that were privileged enough to have the private invite extended to come party like a pro with the pros in Vermont. (more…)