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Burton's 'Playboy' snowboards: cool or not?
Burton is trying to heat up the ski slopes this winter with a new line of Playboy-branded snowboards, but the effort is getting a chilly reception in Vermont. As one (female) Vermonter told Boston.com: "When you really think about it, it's a young man standing on top of a naked woman's body. I probably could have gotten past it, because I try to have an open mind, but seeing it like that, it's offensive." My first thought, since I'm so darn progressive, was: It could also be a young woman standing atop a naked woman's body. (Well, it could be!) The city council in Burton's hometown of Burlington, Vt., might ask the company to withdraw the boards. And the Girl Scout Council of Vermont is considering taking its own concerns to lawmakers next month. (Perhaps they'll bring along some of those chocolate sandwich cookies—those can be convincing.) In any case, the story is generating some free press coverage for Vermont's ski areas, and I almost made it through this entire post without saying "snow bunnies." —Posted by David Gianatasio |
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January 5, 2009 in Burton, Controversy, Gianatasio, Playboy | Permalink |
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I think this is a great idea. Boarding on one of these is the next best thing to a guy carrying a big "douchebag!" sign. The easier it is to weed them out, the better.
Posted by: SP | Jan 5, 2009 10:45:35 AM
Oops! You seem to have forgotten that 20-something snowboarders really don't care what you think!
Or maybe, the more you impose your uptight values upon them, the more they will want these boards...
Posted by: landoncube@yahoo.com | Jan 5, 2009 12:08:23 PM
So Landoncube, should I assume that you have one of those totally cool and not at all pathetic boards? Because guys who could really get a Playboy bunny don't need to snowboard on their photos.
Posted by: SP | Jan 5, 2009 1:41:50 PM
It gets cold and lonely up there on the hill. Beats hot cocoa.
Posted by: Len | Jan 6, 2009 12:48:09 AM
I side with Burton on this one. There are plenty of questionable graphics that have made it onto boards without complaint, and it's not porn they've printed, since (I'm assuming) the girls aren't nude, just scantily clad. Also, to claim that they're objectionable because boarders are standing on the women (as if boarders were purposefully trying to degrade women by standing on them) is a weak argument at best, and shows that they're just digging for some kind of reason to complain.
Posted by: Cory O'Brien | Jan 6, 2009 1:02:52 AM
There are female snowboarders like Gretchen Bleiler who have posed in underwear for men's mags. Just her personal choice. So those who buy and ride these boards are also exercising their personal choice....as long as they're over 18.
Posted by: Chrissy | Jan 6, 2009 11:36:01 PM
holy, Im a female and if i snowboarded i would purchase one of these boards. these boards are hot! I can't believe the controversy over these boards.Welcome to the 21st century people.... quite being so uptight. Naked is beautiful. Get over it.
Posted by: miss | Jan 7, 2009 1:51:06 AM
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Posted by: Redhealoted | Feb 28, 2009 5:19:31 AM
another attempt by the socialist feminazis and the demo krats to control freedom of expression
Posted by: donald iarussi mfa | Mar 8, 2009 4:08:16 PM
i recon these boards are sweet! who cares if their half naked. its a snowboard..
Posted by: snow | Mar 25, 2009 5:36:30 AM
This one's got the making of an internet SUPERSTAR!
http://www.esnips.com/doc/79c22395-7bd6-4299-92db-cf392e381698/kutiman---this-is-what-it-became
L8R
Posted by: KamNeakeTuT | Jun 29, 2009 2:41:39 AM
