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Originally Posted by Impulse_x
You go to rent a board, most, if not all the shop's boards will be Burtons. You go to a shop and ask for a recommendation, they'll immediately point you to Burton. I think it's safe to say they're kind of the staple snowboarding brand.
Having said that, I ride a 151 and an Option 
Might pick up a Lib Tech soon.. or my first ever Burton.  |
I gotcha.
well hey, i guess they got big some how.
Mind you, you buy a Forum snowboard, it's a burton.
You buy 4 square outerware it's burton,
you buy Special Blend outerware it's burton.
You buy Analog clothing, it's burton.
You skateboard? You buy Alien workshop decks? Yup, it's burton.
*note* they do own Anon, Red and a few others as well, but they are marketed along side burton products, not against it.
Well, safe to say it's like the google of the snowboard world. Somewhere they have their hands on a product you bought.
I have no gripe against burton, fact is they make a damned good product. Their loss leader in snowboard technology just trickles it's way to the mass majority a few years down the road when it's adopted by other companies.
*think Burton Vapor*
Then again, if i wanted to buy a 1000-1300 dollar snowboard, I'd just go out and buy 2 and have twice the usage.
one thing they do well...and I'll give them 100% backing on this, is their bindings......they've always had some of the BEST bindings on the market.