Posts Tagged ‘Burton Love’

Snowboard Review: 08-09 Burton Love

January 19th, 2009

2008-2009 Burton Love Location: Loveland, Colorado Snow Conditions: Snowing with hardpacked groomers to icy groomers to fresh snow on the runs. Setup: I rode the Burton Love with Burton Cartels and my Vans Omni Focus size 8. First Impression: This is the only board that has ever made me smirk just thinking about dirty looks [...]

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Got the love? It’s offensive at Vail Resorts

October 27th, 2008

I flip open the newspaper today to find yet another article written about the Burton Love and Primo. But this time I notice something more important being said from Vail Resorts regarding employees and your snowboard graphics. “Plus, Vail Resorts has prohibited its employees from using the “Love” snowboards while on duty at the resorts, [...]

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Hey Protesters…see what you did!

October 24th, 2008

Thanks to the recent protests regarding the Burton Love snowboards, Sabre has released their own way of solving the issue by giving equal opportunity for the women.   I know when I said put hot male models on the uninc, now I know that I should have been more specific.  Please put hot male models [...]

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Don’t blame the graphics

October 23rd, 2008

It’s pretty rare when I stick up for Burton Snowboards. But today is the day. At exactly noon today in Burlington, Vermont there is a Protest Rally in front of the Burton Factory over the “Love” and “Primo” snowboard graphics. The Burton Love features vintage Playboy models as the main graphic. The Burton Primo shows [...]

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