BURTON's retro collection inspired by the 1992 design

12/07/2018

The 90's was snowboarding, especially for Burton.As the culture of snowboarding does not fit within the ski market and self-expression as a snowboarder is becoming more and more important, freestyle seeking freedom quickly overtook the alpine race as the ideal form of snowboarding.
As a pioneer brand of snowboards, Burton snowboards that have always led the era, and the Burton team at that time, which was said to be the strongest… ..
Bringing together unique members such as Jeff Brushie, Craig Kelly, Keith Wallace, Jason Ford and the young Terje Haakonsen, the Burton team has taken the snowboarding scene to a whole new era.Then, the 1m hand-dug halfpipe, which was only a few until then, grew to a beautiful 3.6m wall, and Jeff Brushie won the world championship with the halfpipe.
The year is 1992.
Burton's product team recalled that time as "it was adolescent snowboarding," looking back at that time and the products of the time, focusing on 1992, which was one of the most important seasons of the many years spent with snowboarding. It is said that this retro collection was done.
The popular freestyle board Air at the time was revived as a graphic of the Family Tree series pursuing a new shape of free riding.
Snowboard outerwear at that time had evolved independently in order to make a clear distinction from skiers.The pursuit of maximum functionality, durability, dryness, and unobtrusive design to stay comfortable in nature has never changed, but the new collection automatically adds an internal environment. Living Lining ™ to control is adopted.
In addition, there were no sustainability initiatives in the 90s, such as FSC ™ certified cores, Supersap® resin, and bluesign® certified outerwear for snowboards.