Hard Workin’, Easy Livin’
Chris Wellhausen
- December 30 2008
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- 12 comments
It’s easy to say you’ve been there and done that sometimes. I’ve heard it my whole life and usually just smirk and nod in relative disbelief to the everyday blown out of proportion story. On this occasion however, around 30 local New England shop employees have a story to brag about that was very real, and very once in a lifetime. Burton hosted a hand picked group of local riders to visit Stowe for a couple days and receive a bit of pampering compliments of the man himself; Jake Burton. A coach bus arrived at the Burton flagship store in Burlington, VT and chauffeured everyone to Jake’s house just a stones throw from Stowe for an event called Hard Workin Easy Livin. They were greeted by Jake at the front door and invited in for a catered dinner from Fresh Market, set free in Jakes basement to skate through the legendary underground tunnel, play a round of indoor soccer or simply just hang out with Jake and talk shop. It was the ultimate slumber party with all the trimmings. The following morning everyone woke up to a catered breakfast and a ride to Stowe for a free day of shredding with Jake and Yale Cousino… or the opportunity to drag me along as photo bitch to glorify your shredding in all it’s glamour. In true New England fashion the day on the hill started out in the pouring rain forcing everyone to ride in ponchos. As the gods would have it however, the rain turned to snow and all who left early gave us the mountain to ourselves; an empty paradise in the fluff. Not a bad way to spend your weekend. “Yeah, I rode with Jake…”
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December 30th, 2008 at 10:25 am
go New England!
December 30th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Jake- does it right. Shop crews are a key part of the sport!
December 31st, 2008 at 6:44 pm
props to steve. that kid needs a hook up for sure.
December 31st, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Ew, I saw these guys riding the park at stowe…I felt bad for the photographer, they were terrible snowboarders. It must have been impossible to get a shot with those 30 year old’s doing their radical moves which were cool when Destroyer and Technical Difficulties came out. Shit’s weak
December 31st, 2008 at 9:07 pm
WOh! we work a Burton! that means we can be on Transworld and show some super duper cool manuvers. Jake Capender is cool, but Burton and all their employees are tools
December 31st, 2008 at 9:08 pm
lame, burton sucks
December 31st, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Yeah they suck here too
December 31st, 2008 at 9:10 pm
YYEahh dawg, this shitz was epic. Burton iz da kewlest.
December 31st, 2008 at 9:10 pm
This is why they suck
January 5th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Wow, look at you haters- i see u MUSt be running your own million dollar snowboarding business, and can cater to your employees like this.. right? I mean, you have to be above all this to diss it like you do, and as we can tell from your creative moniker ‘bitches aint shit’ you must be loaded with bitches that are evidently, the shit.
January 6th, 2009 at 11:07 am
anyone notice that prob 80% of those guys who’s photo’s were in the slide show were from small shops where most people buy there boards from and there i was looking at the captions and half those guys were from ct. so why the fuck is everyone hatin on the guys who work at burton i bet everyone hatin on this site prob maybe only know a couple kids who work at burton if any…so lay off….i respect if you got beef with the company but dont generalize and hate
May 17th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
burton is the bomb! fuck all you haters