S N O W B O A R D I N G

There are three major brands that will be discussed in this article. Burton, RIDE, and Backcountry. There are many more Brands you can buy from. But when using rentals these are the msot frequent brands.

To start, Backcountry is a premier online specialty retailer founded in 1996 in Park City, Utah, this brand is dedicated to providing high-preformance outdoor gear. It originally started with avalanche beacons, and now they offer a wide range of products.

The next brand is Burton They were founded in 1977 by Jake Burton Carpenter out of his barn in Vermont, he dedicated the rest of his life to snowboarding. Burton company wants to put its people first which means providing fair wages and sourcing products responsibly.

The last brand we will discuss is RIDE it was founded in Redmond, WA, in late 1992. RIDE Snowboards company was buit to be "for the people" and focuses on superior quality, technical innovation and a skate-board influenced design.