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For years I have maintained my first snowboard was a Burton Ouija board. Back then, there was no cooler snowboard than this, with its moon and sun twin tips and conflicting yes\/no message. And sure, I was about 4\u201d6\u2019 and 80 pounds, and the board was a 158, but damn it, that\u2019s what I wanted everyone to know I rode in those earliest of days.<\/p>\n
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But I have a secret. I think only saw that Burton Ouija board sitting next to my actual first board: a hot pink Funky. The snowboards both belonged to the daughter of a friend of my father, who was under some sort of house arrest\/rehab for dealing drugs, and wasn\u2019t really using either of them.<\/p>\n
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Since we were a skiing family and I was a purple haired teenager, I was dying to start snowboarding. I begged my parents to buy me a snowboard and when these boards became available, I finally got my wish. But since the girl\u2019s father hoped she\u2019d get back on board soon, and wanted to hold on to the Burton. Only the Funky was offered for sale, and that\u2019s what I got. I honestly can\u2019t remember if my first runs ever, on the slopes of Burke Mountain, were taken on that Ouija board or not. At this point, I\u2019ve been carrying the secret for so long, it\u2019s sort of a blur. But I am sure that I brought home that Funky at the end of the trip and rode it in my backyard until I could almost make heelside turns.<\/p>\n
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There was one other snowboarder in my school back then, and at the beginning of the next season we headed to Okemo together. I could barely make it down the hill, so it really didn\u2019t matter what I was riding, but he insisted I borrow his Burton PJ (a racing board) so he didn\u2019t have to be seen with me and my Funky. I still remember the time spent sitting on my ass staring at that ridiculous PJ that made it so hard to ride fakie.<\/p>\n
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Eventually I bugged my parents enough and they got me a Burton Air 5.1 for Christmas that year. My Funky was given to a friend, who I distinctly remember cutting off the high backs with a hack saw because low backs were all the rage, and using cooking spray as wax. I lost touch with it after that.<\/p>\n
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With my Burton Air though, I was totally cool. I learned how to make it down the hill without side slipping, and continued to ride Burton snowboards until I was sponsored by Original Sin a couple years later, inevitably ending my affair with Burton. Ok, I still wear their socks sometimes.<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s been a long time that I\u2019ve been keeping this secret, but now that Burton has become what it has, I can finally admit the truth. That Funky snowboard is what got me hooked on snowboarding, and Burton had nothing to damn do with it.<\/p>\n
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