Burton 2009 North American Tour & Demo

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

Did the Burton Snowboard team find your city cool enough worthy of a stop on their epic 200-stop tour?  I mean 200 stops is quite a lot so there you’re sure to at least catch the team somewhere in between.  If you’re fortunate enough to catch the team on one ...

Burton’s “It’s Always Snowing Somewhere”

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Just like “The Endless Summer” the surf is always good, or in one of my favorite films, “Good Burger”, you can always find a delicious, tasty, delectable, succulent, burger, no matter where you are.  Well Burton is coming out with it’s cleverly titled snowboard video “It’s Always Snowing Somewhere”.  I ...

Burton Featured On USNews.com

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

Just last week we saw a cool feature on Etnies founder Pierre Andre Senizergues’ home in Newport Beach on LA Times.com.  And as we discovered, with proper perseverance and enough initiative, you can make a lot out of yourself even if it is in skateboarding, or as you will see ...

2008 Burton Australian Open Highlights

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Last week’s Burton Aussie Open came to a close with the best snowboarders in the world competing for the crown. The final of the event was crazy. You’ve got an gold medallist from the Olympics, the winner from the New Zealand Open slopestyle, two TTR World Champions, six ...

Day 2 Of The 2008 Aussie Open

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

The second day of action continued today at the Perisher Blue Resort in Australia for the 2008 Burton Aussie Open as all remaining borders were vying for a qualifying spot in Thursday’s semi-final and a piece of the $50,000 purse.  So as you can tell with that much as stake, ...

“Powder & Rails” On VBS.tv

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

It looks like VBS is coming out with some major online programming for this fall, as the lineups of TV shows seem to keep piling on.  Check out the press release below for all the details. "On August 25th VBS.tv, Vice magazine, and Burton Snowboards invite you to dig out your ...

A Year in the Life of Shaun White + Other Snowboarders

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

  Photographer Adam Moran shoots a lot of photos -- and while he is one of Burton's go-to guys, his work also shows up in Transworld Snowboarding.  They just published a bunch of photos from the last year in which Moran follows around White and a bunch of other snowboarders (Jeremy ...

Jamie Anderson, Kazuhiro Kokubo Close Out Burton New Zealand Open With Wins

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Jamie Anderson is one of the best women snowboarders in Slopestyle but she's only starting to make her mark in the halfpipe.  Saturday at the halfpipe finals at the New Zealand Open she came through with her first major victory in that discipline, and it came over one of the ...

Mikkel Bang, Jamie Anderson Win Slopestyle Titles in New Zealand

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Mikkel Bang | cr. milesholden Mikkel Bang and Jamie Anderson dominated the competition Friday at the Burton New Zealand Open to take the top spot on the podium in the Slopestyle finals.  Charles Reid and Chas Guldemond followed Bang on the podium, but in reality it wasn't close, with Reid more ...

Local Riders Rise to the Occasion at New Zealand Open Day Two

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Local riders stood out Thursday at the Slopestyle qualifiers for the Burton New Zealand Open.  Kiwi representatives took four of the 15 qualifying spots led by Nick Brown and Nick Hyne, though it was Sam Hubert from the USA who led the field. Weather was an issue, however, and while the ...