Burton Announces Riglet Park Tour for Kids

Burlington, Vt. (December 16, 2010) — This weekend, Burton will kick off the Riglet Park Tour, a four-stop mobile product demo and mini snowboard park designed to introduce kids as young as three to snowboarding. Hitting partner resorts in Vermont and Utah, the Burton Riglet Park tour offers snowboarding instruction and product demos to kids in a fun learning environment.

2010/2011 Burton Riglet Park Tour Stops

Killington, VT- December 19, 2010

Canyons Resort, UT- January 6, 2011

Okemo Mountain Resort, VT- January 23, 2011

Stowe Mountain Resort, VT- February 5, 2011

At Riglet Park Tour stops, kids can try out Burton’s revolutionary kids Learn To Ride (LTR) products and experience the Riglet Reel, a specially designed reel attached to the nose of youth snowboards. With the help of Burton’s Riglet Reel, instructors can tow kids onto features and around obstacles to introduce them to the fun of snowboarding. Also available to demo at the Riglet Park Tour are Burton LTR 80cm snowboards, Progression One-Strap bindings, Progression Velcro boots and Progression Youth helmets. Thanks to this incredible line-up of easy-to-ride gear, kids will be sliding a box, weaving around cones and jibbing in no time. 

At all of the Riglet Park Tour Stops, families will also get a chance to meet Olympic gold medalist and former Burton pro snowboarder, Ross Powers, who will be there to help kids make their first turns. 

Check out Burton’s Riglet Park Tour stops at the resorts and dates listed above. For additional program details and to set up a kid’s snowboard lesson, please contact the above resorts directly.

About Burton Snowboards

In 1977, Jake Burton Carpenter founded Burton Snowboards out of his Vermont barn. Since then, Burton has fueled the growth of snowboarding worldwide through its groundbreaking product lines, its team of top snowboarders and its grassroots efforts to get the sport accepted at resorts.  In 1996, Burton began growing its family of brands to include boardsports and apparel brands. Privately held and owned by Jake, Burton’s headquarters are in Burlington, Vermont with offices in California, Austria, Japan and Australia. For more information, visit www.burton.com.

Janice Nickloff
Burton Snowboards
janicen@burton.com
(562) 353-0899