Vintage Winter

Burton Elite Snowboard
c. 1980s, 20th century
Wood, plastic (fin), fiberglass (topsheet), metal (edges, screws)
48"l x 5.5"w x 12"h
 © Vintage Winter

This Burton Elite 150 - with the original bindings, has great decorative colors - is in excellent condition, and features some killer stickers.  Jake Burton (one of the first to shape vintage snowboards) would modify Snurfers in his backyard.  The Burton Backhill was the first board, the Elite would follow a few years later. Sherman Poppen invented Snurfers in 1965 in Muskegon, Michigan. Many attribute Sherm as the father of modern snowboarding.