History of Burton

BURTON TIME LINE BURTON The European division of Burton Snowboards opens in Season-With a lace-up, ski-boot Inner bladder, Burton produces Burton snowboards is created, the FIrst snowboard company! what will become the standard Innsbruck, Austria design for soft-boot snowboarding 1968 1977 1982 1985 1985 1986 - 1987 1990 Jake Burton liked the idea of a Snurfer, and wanted to be able to ride on snoW Burton and early snowboarders start Burton's pro-riders unleash the first line Burton debuts the Performer Elite, the of signature boards including Craig Kelly's The Craig Kelly Mystery Air the National first board with P-tex Snowboarding Championship at Suicide Six, VT. with comfortable shoes base, metal edges, and bindings with hi-backs and not need to hold on to any poles. The Japanese division of Burton Burton's pro-riders, Ross Powers and Shannon Burton pro-riders Burton opens the first snowboarding retail store in New York City Snowboards opens Shaun White and In Urawa-shi Dunn, win a Bronze Medal in the Halfpipe competition at the 1998 Ölympic Games in Nagano Japan. Hannah Teter win Gold Medals in the that offers a 'Cold 2006 Olympic Halfpipe competition Burton introduces the soft step in bindings also known as "Click Ins" Room' so you can feel how well their outer wear works. 2006 2005 1998 1995 25th anniversary of Burton's Snowboard US open FUN FACTS h 2003-2006 Bipgost air out of a half pipo - Tarjo Haakunson dida backside 31 thet RR5 fest abom the half ipals, Sa den le looked doun at the bottom of the pipe Rile -is IN If irtos dosiyns uheru they er build the beand and hama nachine buak it in fur M, u it feels justright uhen pot it and Imr oss its up ar fler Inti the Fipo Dngan was mratolin 1992 by Famer Dung Mangh af Pipes u cared ont by hand and usaly bad wals as high 8I-14 fout, non there an betmoen 1-2 fuut Turstoin largun anded the first Triplo Gurk in the 2011 Winter I Frod iyrorson halde the meard for high ef jpuhen he Milentally junpad off a ef ntars high. Longost dump amn Pemel Inlds the rocerd for fastust speed set on a amiard whan ha rodo deun the side of a nutain at the Las Ares Rasort at 128 mph. laudod a porfoct seasan, he entered l took all the rictories. The main Cuntusts included Jonssm Ib nde of a 10 mtrtablo Lanyest rni sido ona snowbeard was traveled 187 feet in the sir. pie qalifiors, 2 mirtor I Eanos routs, and the iold nedal in the uirtr Munpies. storios above it Sources: Burton, Trusnow, Transworld, Pauline Abreu at Helium, About.com and Guinness Book of World Records. 1994 ZO07