Butters and his 700,000 Views
Snowboarding, like many things, is in an interesting predicament right now. It seems marketing folk and the general public have become so enamored with view counts, that not much else matters. If it goes viral on the Interwebs, it must be good, right!? If you’re looking for proof, meet Ryan Knapton, or Butters as we like to call him. Mr. Knapton has amassed nearly 700,000 views on this one YouTube video of his ultimate flatland stunting. Granted, he uploaded said video in 2011 and has probably just been changing the year annually, but whatever! 690k views!
But Butters and his sweet flat ground stunts aren’t actually the story here. No, this video was brought to our attention by Dale Rehberg at Flow Snowboarding. You may remember Dale from his snowboard career or maybe you have no idea, but the important part is, he’s the guy who can make Butters’ sponsorship dreams come true. Anyway, Butters recently sent Dale a letter asking him for some boards, to test. Then, assuming that the boards are up this his high standards for ultimate buttering, he would consider a sponsorship opportunity from Flow.
Now, Dale isn’t the sort of marketing guy that’s enamored by gimmicks, so he wanted us to put this one to you, the wise Yobeat readership to decade what to do.
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*in a Simon Cowell voice*
eat your heart out Dylan Gamache, he’s got my vote
Loved his nose bunnyhops. Those were pretty MFMish, without a splash of Monavie.
Do you guys even see how fresh those groomers are? I’m out there first chair every day. Respect the dedication.
i thout homies name was butters
Soooooo, If we were shredding the Breck pipe in the 90’s when it was still on Peak 9, where does that put us? Original originals?
Wow the attitude of Entitlement these days never ceases to surprise me.
buttering and ground tricks are huge in Japan, they have a bunch of DVDs and instructional magazine articles about butter tricks – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9GTb94o4S0
I was the 666th vote
All I see from most of these comments is petty jealousy. So well played, Brooke Geery, you know your audience well (as apparently, they’re just like you).
^ The petty jealousy is strong with this one.
so you guys are telling me you don’t want to see Burton presents “Butter”?? the fuck guys
the lack of reference is strong with this one
Ryan Knapton hump day
I’m the king of butters! No one else. This girl sucks!
You’re right, I’m so jealous I don’t live in summit county and ride down groomers like a dreidel at crowded as fuck breck.
Yobeat’s Bet you Can’t 2015 ft. Butters, bet you can’t 270 butter onto a down rail Butters Stoch.
I love enya
get this man a flat box!
Deny it all you want, but the truth is you’re ‘so jealous’ you can’t butter a stiff, cambered board like the Custom X as clean and at the speeds that Ryan Knapton can do it.
hahahahahahahaha excellent comment
llort is troll spelled backwards…. just making sure everyone got that
why so many nose grabs…
how many of us can b/s air out of a pipe that well…
What he does is impressive in the same way that yo-yo “professionals” are impressive. Yeah he has board control but maybe he should consider using it in a not retarded way.
I guess I’m the only one who gets stoked off watching other people have fun, even if that means stupid butters.
This video made me happy, thanks butters
I’m ashamed to be a snowboarder after watching this
THIS DUDE HAS STUFFY STYLE AND A SHALLOW BAG OF TRICKS.
WHOEVER YOU ARE THAT IS COPYING MY IDENTITY ABOVE ME HERE IS A TOOLBAG. GO GET YOUR OWN SITUATION. DON’T BE POSTING UP AS ME, YOU ARE ACTING LIKE A LOSER! TIGHTEN UP!
….AND THIS DUDE RYAN IS NOT ANYTHING TO BRAG ABOUT. VERY DATED STYLE, AS IS 20 YEARS AGED STYLE.
Cheer up, Slugger. Maybe if you practice really hard, one day you’ll ride as well as Ryan, and you won’t feel so “ashamed to be a snowboarder”.
What Ryan Knapton does, he does well, and apparently over 700,000 other people agree. Guaranteed he’d also be a better rider that 99% of the pathetically superficial poseurs who voted your comment down.
Dude is decent, but why does he put his board back to flat between tricks. The whole point of a butter is to stay pressed through the trick. It isn’t a tailbutter back 1 if you set your board down. That just becomes a revert to 180. Also why is he renaming tricks that already have names.
spin to win, right?
hahaha you are a clown Mike. How old are you, like 40?
It is definitely not “cool” to be that old and to care that much about what people wear: especially when you are a biker hipster like yourself and wear tight pants because that is what 17 yo are doing.
Sounds like an ass hat.
Summit is the only place where buttering occurs?
I bet this guy is from Colorado though…
“biker hipster”. pretty rad that’s what you think cause i’ve never owned a motorcycle in my life. jokes on you!
who the fuck doesn’t have torn ACL’s? Mine have been gone for the better part of 10 years.
you must be like, PSIA level 5 with all that technical jargon.
this guys a fucking goof, i’m pretty sure anybody who comes on this site can fucking do this lame shit
Love that chairlift angle
I like it, at least he goes fast
fuck this faget
MFM would probably offer him a spot on the Monrovia team… only need to put up a $5k application fee to be considered.
And lots of coke. And hitting your head too much.
What the fuck is PSIA
IT IS, IN FACT, DEFINITELY VERY COOL TO BE OVER 40 AND STILL CRUSHING THE SNOWGAME PROGRAM.
THE EQUATION: NO WIFE + NO KIDS + STILL SKATING + STILL SHREDDING + STILL MAKING MUSIC = TOTALLY STOKED.
BAM SICK BACKSIDE AIR