In the late 80s, a bunch of skaters who were bored in the wintertime inadvertently made snowboarding what it is today. They filmed each other not with any sort of historic legacy in mind, but just because that’s what you do when you’re a bunch of dudes who ride around on a piece of fiberglass in the snow all day. Then people saw these videos and started to realize the potential for tricks and big air on a snowboard, and everything else took off from there. For whatever reason, most snowboarders have never embraced their forerunners with the same enthusiasm as skaters and surfers.
That’s why VBS decided to make this show—as a way of giving credit to the people who took snowboarding from a fringe hobby to something people get paid stupid amounts of money to do.
***UPDATE***
CHECK OUT THE JEFF BRUSHIE DOCUMENTARY EPISODES ON VBS.TV
http://www.vbs.tv/video.php?id=4698638001
BURTON SNOWBOARDS SNOW AT HOME CONTEST!
The first turns, the first jumps, and the first rails were all done without the benefit of perfectly shaped, lift access parks, or the burden of having to pay to play. The real challenges and the true opportunities for progression will always exist off the beaten paths and outside of the regulated lines. Your scene, your riding, and your fun have always been in your hands, and your hands alone. Fun is free and unrestricted, so don’t wait for someone else to do it for you. Go to Burton.com/snowathome now to find out how you can win a backyard snowmaking system that will put you and your crew in self-sufficient shred mode instantly!
All you have to do is build a bomber mini shred park, film you and your crew slaying it, send Burton the video, and if it’s up to caliber you could end up with a shiny new personal snowmaking set up courtesy of our friends at Snow At Home.
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Burton presents "IT'S ALWAYS SNOWING SOMEWHERE"; a double feature, double DVD snowboarding movie. The winter never ends as the team travels from the southern to northern hemisphere laying waste to parks, pipes, pow, big mountain lines, and jibs; Alaska to Argentina.
"IT'S ALWAYS SNOWING SOMEWHERE" drops August 2008; starring Shaun White, Terje
Haakonsen, Gigi Rüf, JP Solberg, Heikki Sorsa, Nicolas Müller, Tadashi Fuse, Frederik Kalbermatten, Jeremy Jones, Jussi Oksanen, Tadashi Fuse, DCP, Mads Jonsson, Trevor Andrew, Keegan Valaika, Kevin Pearce, Danny Davis, Kazuhiro Kokubo, Mikkel Bang, Mikey Rencz, Peetu Piiroinen, and the Smalls Team.
Go behind the scenes of Burton's snowboard movie "Thanks in Advance" and experience, watch and listen to what the photographers and riders did on a daily basis at 6 epic locations around the globe. Packed with a ton of raw unseen footage this Tv series also includes never seen photos from the best Burton snowboard photographers. Listen to their stories and what they went through to get the shots and what it is like to travel year round with all these athletes.
Check out Keir Dillon as he heads to "Mt Hood" for the "Abominable Snow Jam" contest and then jets to 100degree plus heat for some fun in the sun in Dubai.
Thanks In Advance
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"Thanks in Advance" features tons of killer footage collected over the past year from the team's adventures in the North Cascades, Winter Park and Mt. Baker among other enviable locations. In addition to Keegan Valaika slaying Denver's rails, be sure to check out Nicolas Müller thrashing the backcountry. The video also features impressive footage from the Burton women's team, including Elena Hight, Kelly Clark and Victoria Jealouse. Shred scenes from The Stash run at Northstar-at-Tahoe and antics from last spring's Get Off On the Bus Tour also highlight the video. The Smalls Team earned some screen time as well with 14-year-old riders Ben Watts and Hans Mindnich scoring some great shots.
Jake Burton had this epic idea of doing something for the Core Shop kids. You know, the kids that work on the floor and sell snowboards. Usually Burton does promo events for the consumer, or for the Buyer/Owner of shops. So Jake asked if Jeremy Jones, Jussi Oksanen, Elena Height, Kelly Clark, and Dave downing to join him on this quest. www.burton.com
Burton Snowboards and Channel Islands open their 1st flagship store in LA on Melrose. Check out the opening party and what some of the celebrities had to say.