Burton 2L AK Cyclic Jacket 2011 - Mens Part of Burton's renowned AK Line, he new Cyclic jacket from Burton Snowboards is smothered with GORE-TEX 2 layer to keep you from getting soaked on the mountain. Chocked full of features like the worlds most waterproof zippers (RiRi) and Burton's ALS Lining to provide the perfect amount of breath ability for all of your excursions on or off the hill. The Burton AK Cyclic Jacket is one sweet snowboard jacket. Unfortunately the pictures do not show this snowboard jacket justice. The front RiRi zippers and trim are a lite lime green fade color and really pop off the black for an awesome look this winter. Sig Fit - Burton's tried and true fit. Built with room for layering but not overly baggy. Sleeve's have a bit of extra length to fit over gloves and keep snow out when cinching down your snowboard bindings. The new Burton AK 2L Cyclic Jacket is from Burton Snowboards signature line, the AK series. If you don't know about the AK clothing line, its the most high performance Burton clothing with the highest quality materials and features galore. Item Number - 232399 Shop all of our 2011 Burton Snowboard Jackets here!
Burton Snowboards was founded by Jake Burton Carpenter in 1977. Carpenter was inspired by the snurfer, invented by Sherman Poppen. He modified it. In 1977 Carpenter moved to Londonderry, Vermont to make the first Burton Snowboards. Carpenter first made snowboards by hand in his garage. He couldn't afford the proper equipment -- so he applied polyurethane wearing a scuba mask. His co-founder Dimitrije Milovich, was an East coast surfer and founder of Winterstick.
In 1978, they moved to Manchester, Vermont. During the early years 4 or 5 workers sold, shaped, and repaired their snowboards.
Carpenter campaigned for local resorts to open their lifts to snowboard riders. The first mountain to have reportedly let snowboarders in was in 1982, the Suicide Six Resort in Pomfret, Vermont. Next was Stratton Mountain, and later, Jay Peak and Stowe. When resorts started to accept riders, the public did too. Burton was in place to supply them with snowboards.
In 1982 Burton was marketing their product at the National Snowboarding Championships were organized at the Suicide Six Resort. In 1985 the National Snowboarding Championships moved to Stratton Mountain and became the U.S. Open Snowboarding championships which was operated and owned by Burton. This competition helped legitimize the sport.
In 1985 Burton established the European Division of Burton in Innsbruck, Austria. In 1986 distribution started in New Zealand. In 1992 the Burton factory relocated to Burlington VT. In 1994 they opened the Japan division in Urawa-shi.
In 2009, Burton owned 10 companies that sold snowboards, outerwear, and shoes. R.E.D, Gravis, Anon, Analog, Forum, Special Blend, Foursquare, Jeenyus, and most recently Channel Islands. Channel Islands is a surfboard company, and surfboards seems to be Burtons next goal. In 2008 Burton began to make surfboards in Vermont.
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