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Burton Opens The Stash at Killington

Burton Snowboards Brings The Stash to Killington Resort in Vermont

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Burton Releases It’s Always Snowing Somewhere

Burton Releases It’s Always Snowing Somewhere

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Women’s Surplus: Welcome To The Jungle

Welcome To The Jungle
Leaping straight off the runway and onto the hill, animal prints are emerging from the jungles of high fashion to create looks for the femme fatales of the mountain.  Want to look fierce?  Unleash the animal in you with these pieces.—Jules Chang

ThirtyTwo Vela Boots in white, $250
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Special Blend Onyx Jacket in white wild thang, $170
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Rome Lo-Fi, $430
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Dragon DXS Goggles in zebra, $100
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Volcom Rosa Mitt in wolf stripe white, $70
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Neff Loco Headband in reptile, $16
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Burton Escapade Bindings in teal/zebra, $250
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VBS and Burton Debut “Powder and Rails”

On August 25th VBS.tv, Vice magazine, and Burton Snowboards invite you to dig out your old hot pink neoprene gear from your parents’ attic and get ready for our snowboarding show “Powder and Rails.”

The series will delve through the storied history of the sport with an emphasis on how it transformed from a novelty for yuppie two-plankers to something bored skateboarders did in the winter to one of the most anticipated events in the Olympic Games.

This VBS series begins with the legendary Fall Line Films releases in the late ’80s, particularly The Western Front. The videos shifted the focus of snowboarding, inspiring a whole generation to forget about contests and focus more on tricks and mountain exploration. They also helped, plant the seeds for the proliferation of professional snowboarders over the next two decades.

“Powder and Rails” will kick off its first season with 10 weekly episodes, which will air every Monday. The show will feature some of snowboarding’s most noteworthy personalities, including: Damian Sanders, Jeff Brushie, Tom Burt, Trevor Graves, Steve Graham, Todd Richards, Mack Dawg, Jeremy Jones (jib), Dave Seoane, Pat Bridges, Mike Hatchett, and tons more.

Moving forward, the show will explore the popularization of snowboarding in the ’80s through today, the ever-changing trends of snowboard culture, and the sport’s incessant technical progression. Think of it as a giant avalanche of blinding white knowledge that will blanket your eyes with every single relevant factoid and point of interest that has ever happened in snowboarding.

VBS is an online broadcast network that carries a mix of domestic and international news, pop and underground culture coverage, and music from all over the place. See you on the mountain.

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Burton Australian Open At Perisher Blue

The Burton Australian Open Snowboarding Championships is scheduled to take place from September 1-5, 2008 at Perisher Blue resort in Australia.

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Burton Global Open Series At Alts Bandai, Japan

Burlington, Vermont (August 21, 2008) – The Burton Global Open Series (BGOS) today announced that the prestigious Nippon Open Snowboarding Championships will now become the first Asian Open Snowboarding Championships, set for February 24-March 1, 2009 at Alts Bandai Snow Resort in Fukushima prefecture, Japan.

“Since 1994, the Nippon Open has had a tremendous influence on the competitive snowboard scene in Japan, bringing a world-class competition to Japanese professional and amateur riders, while attracting top international snowboarders to the region,” says Liam Griffin, Events Director at Burton Snowboards. “With competitive snowboarding gaining momentum in China and Korea, we felt it was time to expand the Nippon Open into the Asian Open Snowboarding Championships, attracting more riders from growing snowboarding communities throughout Asia.”

The first Asian Open Snowboarding Championships will be held as part of Burton Global Open Series. With events scheduled year-round and in six countries, the Burton Global Open Series boasts the most lucrative cumulative prize purse in snowboarding. All six Burton Global Open Series events offer riders the chance to earn points towards men’s and women’s championship titles, each worth $100,000, currently the largest single payout in snowboarding. The Burton Global Open Series is also part of the Swatch Ticket To Ride (TTR) World Snowboard Tour, the largest collection of independent freestyle snowboard events in the world.

Below are final dates and locations for all 2008/2009 Burton Global Open Series competitions.

Burton New Zealand Open July 29 – August 2, 2008 Snow Park, New Zealand

Burton Australian Open Sept 1 – 5, 2008 Perisher Blue, Australia

Burton Canadian Open December 1 – 7, 2008 CODA’s Canada Olympic Park

Burton European Open January 9 – 16, 2009 Laax, Switzerland

Asian Open February 24 – March 1, 2009 ALTS Bandai, Japan

Burton US Open March 16 – 22, 2009 Stratton Mountain, USA

For more information on the Burton Global Open Series head to www.opensnowboarding.com

For more information on TTR, visit www.ttrworldtour.

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Diaries Down Under

The Stash opening at The Remarkables in NZ.

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Anderson and Kukubo Take Burton NZ Open Halfpipe Crowns

New Zealand’s biggest international snowboarding event saw a field of 40 men and 21 women step up and compete for the overall title of Burton NZ Open champion at Snow Park NZ today.

In the women’s competition Kelly Clark (USA) again ruled the roost in the semi finals, showing why she has dominated this event for so long with the highest score of the day – 86.50. Hot on her heels was 16-year-old Jiayu Liu from China making her first appearance on the BGOS while yesterday’s slopestyle champion, Jamie Anderson (USA) scraped into the finals by the skin of her teeth in eighth place. 

All was to change when finals time came round. On Anderson’s first run she pulled out an amazing 84.25 score which also earned her best trick with an inverted backside 540 and allowed her to hold her lead throughout the finals. Clark never quite found her form from the semis and while her amplitude was huge, a couple of missed grabs and a fall saw her slip into third place. Meanwhile Liu tenaciously held on to her second place with her phenomenal amplitude that has been present throughout the competition. A talking point of the Open has been the emergence of some huge talent from China. This is the first time they’ve had a team at the Open and the level of riding displayed promises an interesting future for this emerging snowboarding nation.

The Japanese contingent were super strong throughout the men’s semi finals taking six of the finals spots including Ryo Aono in second. Janne Korpi (FIN) took the top qualifying spot with fellow countryman Markus Malin in third. However, only Malin was to make it to the podium. Kazuhiro Kokubo (JPN) and Daisuke Murakami rose up the field with strong high amplitude runs to take first and third respectively.

The top three riders were given an additional chance to improve their scores in a fourth run superfinal. The women’s superfinals didn’t alter the rankings with Anderson holding onto first and a double NZ Open title. Daisuke Murakami put together the run of the day but a fall on the last hit allowed Kazuhiro to hold on to first with a score of 92.50. However Murakami got best trick with his frontside 1080 tailgrab. 

Said Kokubo of his win –“I tried to create my own style of riding; I didn’t just want to win, I wanted to do it in style!”

Top ranked NZ male, James Hamilton stepped up his riding from last season to take eighth place. His overseas training showed in his performance during the Open and his riding is now on a world level, to the point that his performance has put him as number one in the BGOS Ranking and third on the Swatch TTR rankings. Top placed NZ females were Juliane Bray in fifth and Kendall Brown in sixth.

Other Swatch TTR ranking changes include Chas Guldemond earning enough points to take over the number one spot, despite not making it through to the finals. Mikkel Bang went down eight ranks to World No. 9 and Janne Korpi takes second. Jamie Anderson defends her title while Kelly Clark moves into World No. 5, up three ranks since yesterday. Sina Candrian climbed the rankings into second followed by Ellery Hollingsworth in third. 

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