2012 Burton Snowboards
September 30, 2011
By Scott Briggs
SnowboardReviews.com
Boston – The 2012 Burton Snowboard line has been out for a little over a month and like any big brand they came out with a bang. They launched an event around a winter storm during the summer…. there was a lot of hype “Winter Storm is Coming” in August campaign. The follow this up with the Big Dump, where they gave away a full Burton setup from Board to Jacket and then a season pass to a mountain of your choice. So Burton was not holding back with their 2012 line, they where going out with the mantra of “Go Big or Go Home”. Like most other snowboarders I was chilling finish out the summer, and then good old Burton was actually able to get me to step away from the sun and start thinking winter on my 201o Burton Custom…. or could the per-sway me to go out and get a new snowboard for the 2012 season.
The 2012 Burton snowboards are as hot as even and include a new board that is getting a lot of attention by the name of the Nug. The 2012 Burton Nug snowboard is a smaller style board that is supposed to ride like the big boys and ok for the big boys to ride. The idea for this board is that it is smaller than 150 cm and can handle a 200 lb person, rides like a skateboard.
The rest of the 2012 Burton snowboard line bring back all your favorite from 2011 with some new twists and turns. One of the cooler things you will see with the 2012 line is that now you can look at the boards based on their core: Chamber (Precise & Snappy), Springload (Hybrid – Chamber/Rocker) and then Rocker (Loose and Agile).
Overall if you like Burton you are going to want to test out some of the 2012 Burton Snowboards.
The Hottest 2012 Burton Snowboards per Burton:
Burton Sherlock
Burton Custom Flying V
Burton Blunt
Burton Process Flying V
Burton The White College Pro
Burton Hero
Burton Restricted Nug Directional
Burton Custom
Burton Clash
Burton Process
Burton Bullet
Burton Joystick
Burton Whammy Bar
Burton Fish
The Art of Flight
September 11, 2011
By Scott Briggs
SnowboardReviews.com
If you have not seen The Art of Flight yet ,you have no clue what you are missing. I am a fan of Lib Tech on Facebook and I kept seeing them talk about the movie and the upcoming premiers all over the country. Then this past friday Lib posted that you could buy the DVD pack online or you could download the movie on itunes for $7. After reading a few reviews I decided I needed to see it now, so 20 minutes later I loaded it up to the ipad and with a beer in hand the adventure began.
Hands-down The Art of Flight is one of the coolest documentaries I have seen on snowboarding or skiing in a long time. The movie follows Red Bull and Lib Tech snowboarder Travis Rice travel around North and South American to some of the gnarliest backcountry boarding. For those of you who have never seen Travis ride before, it will take 1 scene to show you how nasty this kid is…. this is nothing too steep or crazy that will hold him back.
My favorite part of The Art of Flight was when they decided to go back to Travis’ home town of Jackson Wyoming. Travis and his boys jump on some snowmobiles and travel out to some of Jackson Holes best backcountry riding spots. In these scenes you get to catch Scotty Lago and Travis launch off a jump they made that sends them over and through some trees. You will also catching an ugly scene where you see that even the pros take some bad spills.
Overall The Art of Flight is a must see before the 2011-2012 season starts. If this movie does not pump you up to get riding this year you might as well retire from boarding and start skiing :-).