Stratton Mountain, VT , The weather cleared and a big crowd came out tonight for The Jam at the Burton US Open, presented by MINI, with Kjersti Buaas (NOR) and Charles Reid (CAN) claiming the top spots and $10,000 cash. Read more »
Kjersti Buaas & Charles Reid Win ‘The Jam’ at the Burton US Open
March 14th, 2011
2011 Burton US Open Halfpipe Semi-Finals Results
March 11th, 2011
Stratton Mountain, VT Men’s and women’s halfpipe semi-finals finished up today at the 29th annual Burton US Open Snowboarding Championships presented by MINI. Read more »
The Push Continues. Nokia X Burton
March 10th, 2011
Last year we posted about a unique collaboration between Nokia and Burton called Push Snowboarding. The aim was bring some statistics to your riding through motion tracking on mobile devices. Read more »
2011 Burton US Open Slopestyle Semi-Finals Results
March 10th, 2011
Stratton Mountain, VT Temperatures dipped to a frigid low today at Stratton Mountain, but that didn’t keep the competition from heating up in the men’s and women’s slopestyle semi-finals at the 29th annual Burton US Open Snowboarding Championships presented by MINI. Read more »
Sledding with Jye
February 2nd, 2011
Jye Kearney has landed another clip on Burton’s The Lift Line, this time unfortunately not showcasing his superior snowboarding skills.. Check out how not to get off a sled with Jye: Read more »
Double trouble with Jye Kearney
January 31st, 2011
Jye has landed an ace clip on Burton’s The Lift Line video site, in their Bangers and Mash segment. The clip show’s Jye throwing down trying for that rad double cork we posted in Made You Look.
Check it Jye keeping it real below:
Burton Snowboards Celebrates the Opening of New R&D Facility in Vermont
January 16th, 2011
Today, over 300 Vermont-based employees of Burton Snowboards, members of Burton’s pro team, media and friends gathered at the company’s new state-of-the-art prototype facility to officially open and dedicate the space to the late snowboard icon Craig Kelly. By far the most sophisticated R&D facility Burton has ever built, the new space is simply called ‘Craig’s’ and is located right next door to Burton’s global headquarters in Vermont. Craig’s is where Burton can take rider feedback, build a prototype with homegrown custom machinery and then take it on snow the very next day. Read more »
BEO Slope Finals – Roope Tonteri Wins
January 14th, 2011
The Burton European Open slopestyle finals have just finished up in Laax, Switzerland and it’s a young Finnish rider Roope Tonteri who took out first in the 3rd last run of the day! Read more »
Nokia, Burton launching sensored phone
January 12th, 2011
Nokia and Burton are working together to create a new way to visualize snowboarding. Called Nokia x Burton: Push Snowboarding, the goal of this partnership is to use the Nokia N8 phone to capture data from sensors on the rider and the snowboard to reach a new level of connectivity. Read more »
Peetu Stays On With Burton
November 23rd, 2010
Finnish all-round shredhead Peetu Piiroinen has just resigned his contract and will remain a Burton rider for boards and bindings. Peetu is an amazing snowboarder who has certainly made his mark on the international competitive circuit. He is one of my personal favorites due to his flawless style, ability across different disciplines and his unassuming approach to it all. Read more »
