Seems it’s officially too expensive to manufacture $800 snowboards in Vermont. According to the Burlington Free Press, Burton is closing up its manufacturing facilities in Vermont and moving all production to Austria, where the not-so-premium boards have been made for the past few years.

“It makes the most economic sense to produce all of our high-end snowboards in Austria. Here in Vermont, we will continue to focus on advanced product development, which will allow us to bring the latest snowboard technology to riders faster than ever before,” said Burton CEO Laurent Potdevin.

Whatever it takes to keep that Fall bash rolling right? Hopefully the 43 people who lose their jobs can at least score a plus one.

Link: Burlington Free Press

After the acclaimed success of the first Fuckin Huntah edit, another was obviously in order. It’s like Johnny Drama said…

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Alliteration is fun, and K2 is taking advantage and giving stuff away! If you’re good at “social media” you have the chance to win snowboards, coffee and more from Wille Yli Luoma, K2 and Heart Roasters all week long. Check out http://k2snowboarding.com for more info!

Jason Dubois went home yesterday with the Polaris RMK 800 while Jess Kimura went back with $2500 in cash, at the Snowmission 5th edition. Charles Reid, Franck Bourgeois, Ben Bilocq and Julien Beaulieu, made it to the men’s podium, while Joanie Robichaud and Magalie Dubois also podium.

Snowmission fifth edition wrapped up yesterday night with Jason Dubois and Jess Kimura’s victories. Jason Dubois from Stoneham is the proud winner of the Polaris RMK 800 snowmobile. Charles Reid from Mont-Tremblant takes second place with winnings of $6000, including $1000 for the best trick, alley hoop backside rodeo 7 nosegrab. The podium was completed by Franck Bourgeois.

In the womens category, Jess Kimura from Vernon BC, was back for a second year and got up on the podium highest step leaving the contest $2500 richer. She shares second and third position with Joanie Robichaud from Quebec and Magalie Dubois from Mont-Tremblant, earning $1000 and $500 respectively. The best trick was a Five-O frontside 180 out from Michigan Marie Hucal.

The 2010 edition took place under a deep blue sky and burning sun, the original course gave the crowd and incredible final heat. Also featured this year 12 snowboard companies showing up next year products with on-snow demo opportunities. A record crowd of more than 7 500 noisy people showed up to show support to the riders. To conclude this amazing snowboard day a full house was waiting for We Are Wolves, that totally rip the after-party at the main lodge bar.

Check out photos from the event here.

Possibly inspired by a previous video we’ve posted, the snowboarding miscreants at Sugarloaf actually got their passes pulled during the making of this video. Trouble. Nothing but trouble.

Boardin’: Sam Mercer, Thomas Haraden, Jasper Tripp, Dylan Darienzo, Ian Daly , Felice Pozzi, Alex Tuttle, Arthur Pinnault, Ben Eames
Filmin’: Ben Eames
Editin’: Sam Mercer

Gettin’ it done in MN.

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Thanks to the magic of “the Internet” we knew who landed, who blew it and who made money the minute it happened at the Ride Shakedown at the Summit at Snoqualmie and stayed warm while watching! Some members of out faithful staff toughed out the elements though, so the full story, photos, scandalous secrets and more will be coming soon. For now, top honors went to…

Men

1. Matts Kulisek
2. Manuel Diaz
3. E-Man Anderson

Women

1. Megan Ginter
2. Hana Beaman
3. Megan Whiteside

Video courtesy SixEleven Productions

Logic would tell you the first few sessions of snowboard camp are they way to go (that snow stuff melts handily during the summer) but in 2009, Session 5 was especially rad. Thanks mostly to the America’s Next Top Pro Model contest, everyone who’s anyone was there. We heard every session five camper got their free stickers signed by pros, which is why people go to snowboard camp, right?

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The Ride Shakedown is underway at the Summit at Snoqualmie. Last night the rail best trick happened, with Izzy Lalive taking it for the women with a 50-50 to front 180 out and a switch boardslide. For the men, Austin Hironaka held it down in true Northwest style, hitting up a pillar made of cable spools and stomping a Miller Flip tail grab. The big show is today though, and good news, it’s live, on the internet! Fuel.tv will be webcasting it, which means you can enjoy without getting wet or being there. The action starts at 2 pm.

Men’s Superpipe
1 Iouri Podladtchikov
2 Mathieu Crepel
3 Louie Vito
4 Markus Malin
5 Aluan Ricciardi
6 Christian Haller
7 Luke Mitrani
8 J.J. Thomas

Women’s Slopestyle

1 Jenny Jones
2 Kjersti Oestgaard Buass
3 Sina Candrian
4 Spencer O’Brien
5 Silje Norendal
6 Charlotte van Gils

Watch the replays here