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Grays On Trays » Blog Archive » Rebelling Against Rebellion — Tue, 11 May 2010 15:46:50 +0000

[…] called the “Love” line. (For some other commentary on those boards, see Shayboarder on October 23, October 27 and Adam at Highly […]

By: StephenLK

StephenLK — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:55:35 +0000

Just an introduction. Glad to be here, I’m new. Saying hi to all you all. 😉

SLK

By: Betsy

Betsy — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:49:00 +0000

I appreciate your perspective. My perspective of this would probably have been the same before I had two daughters. Now, where once I saw boys being boys, I see boys trying to keep women in this strange, naked, vulnerable place. I see corporate advertisers spreading the message that it’s not enough for women to be talented athletes, they’ve got to be ultra feminine and “hot” too. In fact being “hot” is what it’s about. Being hot sells. I don’t have any problem with naked women. I do have a problem with body parts, such as a bare ass, with no body or brain attached on the base. I do have a problem with a company who purports to support girls and women in sports, turning around and using women stripped down to nothing but bare flesh to sell boards. And when I’m in line with my 7-year-old and she asks me what that naked girl is doing on that kids’ snowboard, I’ll say “nothing.” “She’s doing absolutely nothing. But she sure is pretty. Don’t you think?”

By: Dan S

Dan S — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:12:00 +0000

Hey, whatever you’ve got to do to help sell your boards. Personally I like Capita’s nearly nude bouncing on a bed a lot more…

By: amylynn86

amylynn86 — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:29:00 +0000

as said by Sam: “these graphics are a step backwards, not a step forwards.”

These graphics are not a step in any direction. They are just graphics. PC is getting out of control. The board is not even showing anything, and anyway it’s just the human body. It’s a beautiful, natural, NORMAL thing. And when kids are curious about nudity (which they are) they will just do what kids have been doing for decades: look at a nudie magazine (or the internet). Hopefully parents have enough influence in their kid’s lives to let them know what is right or wrong and how the human body works. Or to at least not let their kid’s have this board. Their is more nudity on tv and advertisements.

By: Lou G.

Lou G. — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:15:00 +0000

This board is about as sexually explicit as the Disney Channel.

By: martin

martin — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:04:00 +0000

Hell yea Burton!! I hate seeing the levels of PC that is around these days. There are lots of things that are changed because a tiny minority of people are offended by it. It's okay for people to be offended by something, I am sure everyone is offended by something...

If Burton had listened to that small group of people and not released the board with that art they would have been contributing to the "blanding" of our world. What is cool about some art is that it is radical and different and censoring that is a shame. I like my world being colorful.

Just because someone is offended that I eat animals does NOT mean I will stop... mmm time for some steak & beer.

By: sam

sam — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:29:00 +0000

yes, burton has every right to defend their graphic as ‘art’. but, its such a joke that burton uses the history sexually graphic ski and snowboards ads, equipment, to defend their position. this is the 21st century, they need to realize that they shouldn’t have to sell their snowboards with sex. these graphics are a step backwards, not a step forwards. marginalizing women through sexually explicit imagery is just as offensive as it was when snowboarding started. snowboarding should be embracing women as riders not as sex symbols.
and, of course, there is more of a reaction when burton does this because they represent snowboarding outside of snowboarding. anyone outside of snowboarding has no idea who/what technine is. plus, a few years ago when sims had a board graphic collab with vivid/jenna jameson, burton called them out. look who is calling the kettle black, now!

By: Marcus

Marcus — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:22:00 +0000

Good post Shay…

I wouldn’t buy a Burton Love because my personal opinion is that the graphics suck (not to mention I’m the Swedish Mervin distributor:D). I would however participate in any protest against ignorant people who wants to stop Burton from having those ugly graphics.

By: a-man

a-man — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:11:00 +0000

I think the Bitchboards chick should either get naked or cut herselv. That’d be tite.