Burton Riders From Around the Globe Head to Torino

The world’s leading snowboard company { burton snowboards }, is proud to support 18 snowboarders from nine different countries as they follow their dreams of an Olympic medal in Italy this February.

Burton sponsors five out of the eight American riders competing in the Olympic halfpipe contest, including Mason Aguirre, Kelly Clark, Elena Hight, Hannah Teter and Shaun White. Japanese Burton riders Kazuhiro Kokubo and Takaharu Nakai will both be competing in the Olympic halfpipe contest. European Burton riders heading to the Olympics include Iker Fernandez (Spain), Frederik Kalbermatten (Switzerland), Paulina Ligocka (Poland), Manuel Pietropoli (Italy) and Halvor Lunn (Norway). Burton riders Juliane Bray, Mitchell Brown and Kendall Brown will represent New Zealand. And Maelle Ricker (Canada), Nate Holland (USA) and Drew Neilson (Canada) will be representing Burton in the Olympic Boardercross contest.

“For those riders who choose this path, just making it to the Olympics is an impressive accomplishment,” says Jake Burton, Founder and Chairman of Burton Snowboards. “We are proud of them here at Burton, and I look forward to watching them compete in Bardonecchia.”