One of the first Burton Prototypes | Trippin’ with TK Ep. 1

Meet TK, the archivist at Burton Snowboards. Being a snowboard archivist basically means protecting snowboarding, and Burton’s, history one board at a time. TK has met and built relationships with some of the world’s top collectors, and gotten us behind the scenes access to their collections So welcome to our newest series, Trippin' with TK. In this episode, we’re headed to Salt Lake City to meet up with the local weatherman Kevin Eubank, who’s transformed his house into an entire exhibit just for us to check out. Kevin likes to take old catalog shots and recreate entire outfits down to the thread. And word on the street is he has an early Burton prototype, that not even TK has seen. 00:00 - Intro 00:31 - Meeting Kevin 01:15 - The early days of Burton 05:12 - The rise of Burton 08:02 - Holiday gifts 09:35 - Building outfits from catalog photos 10:43 - A custom sign 11:02 - The prototype 15:09 - Why collecting? 16:12 - Kevin’s White Whale #snowboarding #snowboard #collection --- About Burton In 1977, Jake Burton Carpenter founded Burton Snowboards out of his Vermont barn and dedicated the rest of his life to snowboarding. Since its founding, Burton has played a pivotal role in growing snowboarding from a backyard hobby to a world-class sport by creating groundbreaking products, supporting a team of top snowboarders, and pushing resorts to allow snowboarding. Today, Burton designs and manufactures industry-leading products for snowboarding and the outdoors. As a sustainab