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Riglet Snowboarding in Bulgaria for Interski 2019

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FUN is a universal language!

For me, one of the highlights of Interski 2019 in Pamporovo, Bulgaria was visiting elementary schools to share snowboarding with a bunch of local kids.

We traveled to Bulgaria a few days early so that we could head into a few schools with Burton Riglet PE kits and teach the kiddos to snowboard in their gym. Instructors have long promoted the idea of “familiar terrain for new tasks, and new terrain with familiar tasks.” Burton Riglet PE ties in with this by allowing us to teach the new task (snowboarding) in familiar terrain (their school gymnasium).

Later in the week, those same kids visited us at Pamporovo where we then took their now familiar task of snowboarding into new terrain – the Burton Riglet park at the top of the mountain.

The kids had a blast, and I think the AASI Snowboard Team had just as much fun. It’s been said a million times, but FUN is a universal language!

Want to learn more? Check out Burton Riglet’s post! and PSIA-AASI’s video:

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Burton US Open Coming Soon!

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Shaun White Vail, CO
Photo: Burton –
Gabe Heureux

What are you doing March 5-10? Hopefully your plans include the Burton US Open, my favorite event of the season.

This year is the 36th Burton US Open, the longest running competitive snowboard event, and following the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics it should be a pretty awesome show.

Here’s the event schedule, hit the Read More button to see the full press release from Burton. You can also download the 2018 Burton US Open App here: https://www.burton.com/blogs/the-burton-blog/its-time-download-2018-burton-usopen-app/

2018 Burton U.S. Open Competition Schedule:
Tuesday, March 6th: Halfpipe Junior Jam
Wednesday, March 7th: Men’s and Women’s Slopestyle Semi-Finals
Thursday, March 8th: Men’s and Women’s Halfpipe Semi-Finals
Friday, March 9th: Men’s and Women’s Slopestyle Finals
Saturday, March 10th: Men’s and Women’s Halfpipe Finals

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First Chair: E-Learning Course Helps PE Teachers to Teach Snowboarding Indoors

AASI and Burton have been partnering on snowboard education and equipment for more than 20 years, and in the last year we’ve been collaborating on specific education highlighting the evolution of teaching kids. This winter we rolled out the “Kids Can Snowboard Too” project, a campaign to educate kids, parents, instructors, and resorts about the advancements in equipment, instruction, and terrain available to create successful lessons for 3-6 year olds.

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2017 Burton Flight Attendant Snowboard

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I’ve almost always had a pow board in the lineup. In the late 90s and early 2000s it was an Option Signature 162. After moving to Steamboat and playing around with the Burton Fish and Vapor, I fell in love with the Malolo and rode it as my deep-day board for a few years. Then the Sherlock arrived with a twin shape and Flying V, and I was sold on a twin-shaped powder ride. And then the Flight Attendant arrived, and again redefined what I want in a board primarily ridden in the soft stuff.Read More »2017 Burton Flight Attendant Snowboard