Burton Snowboards 2012
Burton Snowboards 2012
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Any of you that ride Burton gear catch flack from friends that don't? I have a couple friends like that and i just don't get it. Burton sink so much money into R&D and no doubt progressed a ton of the snowboard industry.
I'm into them because of the community they have here in Chicago. Wonderful people at the store, they are often on the bus trips I take to Wisconsin to ride, and they sponsor some of them as well.
I just don't get the hate sometimes. If I were a shitty rider or something and riding all this expensive stuff, yeah, I'd get it. But the fact that I can go into their store, try anything on, ask questions in person, etc. has a lot to do with riding their gear.
- are they opposed to burton like an apple-hater? or do they think the tech is crap in general?prophetone
- like apple hate. anyone denying the tech is good is an idiot.mg33
- either way i wouldn't sweat it, burton has big r&d and so do the others, they're all making $$$ in the endprophetone
- if they think they're cool ask em why they aren't making their own custom boards, now that's real coreprophetone
- act like ya know suckasprophetone
- burton is a magnet tho for newbs with $$$ who spend $2k on gear for their first day which = hater baitprophetone
- LOL - worse mistake i ever made was adopting the burton step-in system bout 4yrs ago. #shitWeLoveNoise
- why would you go near step ins in the first place!? terrible idea other than for rentals boards.prophetone
- when i first started and wanted to explore everything outt here. they weren't actually that bad but as i good better they got shitterWeLoveNoise
- .......shitterWeLoveNoise
- yes def good for beginners i agree, i can totally see how they would seem more terrible over time thoprophetone
- i couldn't imagine not having the 'feeling' of traditional strap-ins. u could pull some sweet damian sanders moves.prophetone
- damian wore one hard boot clicked in and one soft boot in a bindings for those who don't knowprophetone
- yeah thats why i had to change. more flexibility and control with the board. happy with my bateleon now :)WeLoveNoise
- really lol - crazy idea. what was his logic behind that ?WeLoveNoise
- it was ridiculous even then, in the mid 90's, when his blond mohawk raged the hills in all its glory. lolprophetone
- like, I know people who think that the channel system is a gimmick. bullshit! it's a BREEZE to adjust on the hill.mg33
- yeah i think the channel is great and provides crazy flexibility, not sure how it can be considered a gimmickprophetone
- i can mount est, 4x4 and 3d style bindings so it's a win imo. and i think the 3d pattern is about to available toprophetone
- all companies soon i heard as the patent is almost up... so i believe big b will be channeling almost everythingprophetone
- which appears to be what they're doing... 3d is basically reserved for the mid to low end decks nowprophetone
- in the end, and back to the post, gear is so dialed now it's all personal prefs, so tell the h8rz to chill outprophetone