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\u00a0probably\u00a0just been changing the year annually, but whatever! 690k views!<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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