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Andrew wins the Rad Plaid Superbad Burton Custom

Monday, April 12th, 2010

We had a blast reading through all the submissions in the Burton/Cabot Board contest. With lines like “The weather in Vermont/ Would even impress your aunt” and “No more joeys on the hill is key/ Spring riding in Vermont is the place to be” and “After riding for hours on my Burton/ My black and blue bottom was a-hurtin“, you guys and gals kept us entertained all day here in the office.

But alas, there can only be one winner of this extremely limited, hunter’s plaid Burton Custom snowboard. In the end, it was Andrew Ensminger who impressed us the most with his poem turned video. Congratulations, Andrew. Rad video. You are the proud new owner of the Rad Plaid Superbad Not-for-your-Dad Burton Custom.

Watch Andrew’s video below.

We know that all of you put a ton of effort into your poems and our beanies are off to you. You kick so much butt and you are an inspiration to us as we sit in front of computer monitors every day, trying to figure out how to tell the story of Vermont snowboarding. Turns out, you do a darn fine job yourselves. Thanks.

Big ups to Burton Snowboards, Cabot Creamery and pathtovermont.com for supplying the shred, the chedd and the online cred.

-Luke

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Win a FREE Burton/Cabot board!

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

Thanks to our shred-brethren at Burton Snowboards and Cabot Creamery, Ride Vermont is stoked to announce our Cabot Hunter’s Plaid “Custom” Board Contest.

Here’s how it’s going down. Anybody can win this extremely limited, only-a-handful-ever-made Custom snowboard. All you need is a little creativity and a few minutes to pen a poem.

zena •Poem must include the words VERMONT, BURTON, CABOT, and SPRING.
•Poem can be any length (keep it under 350 words, though, Shakespeare. we ain’t got all day.)
•Poem must be submitted in the comments section below this post to be eligible.
•Poem must be awesome — this is for a plaid Burton Custom snowboard, after all.

Submissions will be reviewed by our professional panel of Seriously Sharp cheese eating, majored-in-English-at-an-accredited-liberal-arts-university-but-spent-all-four-years-in-the-Stowe-backcountry education having, goggle tan aloe applying judges. Our Alaskan Malamute, Zena, is in charge of quality control.

Poems will judged on creativity, entertainment value and rhyminess. Contest ends at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, April 9. The winner will be announced the next day.

Here’s a video featuring the Cabot board that could be yours. Your buddies are gonna be hecka jealous.

Good luck and happy poem writing.

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Hunter’s Plaid is so hot right now

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Stroll through a snowboard shop or stalk any terrain park this season and you’ll realize: plaid is the new purple. It’s everywhere, including on the backs of the 2010 Olympic snowboard team.

But there’s a very particular plaid I want you to look for this weekend. And if you keep your eyes peeled, there’s free cheese in it for you. That’s right, FREE cheddar, baby.

Cabot Shredders are rocking "Buffalo Check" jackets all season.

The Cabot Shredders, a team of snowboarders bedecked in red and black-checkered plaid jackets and special Cabot boards (both supplied by Burton), will be riding at select resorts throughout the winter. If you spot one, don’t be shy — step right up and say, “Good day to you sir (or madam). I hear your cheddar is quite delectable. May I trouble you for a 3/4-ounce hunk?” and you’ll get a free 3/4-ounce sample of Cabot’s Seriously Sharp cheddar. (Note: you don’t actually have to speak like Sherlock Holmes – you can just say “hi.”)

If you don’t spot a Shredder on the hill, look around the base area in the afternoon, where Cabot reps will be doling out Seriously Sharp.

RideVermont caught up with Chris Pierson, Cabot’s Marketing Manager, to get the skinny on Cabot Creamery, stationed in the shadows of Mount Mansfield in Cabot, Vermont.

“At Cabot, it’s all about our dairy farmer-owners,” explained Chris. “We promote and support local agriculture. Cabot is a dairy farmer-owned cooperative… and 100% of our profits go directly back to our [approx. 1,300] dairy farms.”

Gotta respect that.

Chris went on to say that the Cabot plant, which produces cheeses with worldwide acclaim and numerous awards, pulls milk from farms of all sizes from all over New England and New York.

So keep your eyes peeled for the red-and-black-checkered jackets this Saturday at Mount Snow and Stratton and this Sunday at Sugarbush and Stowe. Support VT and eat more Cabot. Your local farmer will thank you.

-Luke

P.S. The Darn Tough Twitter-Off is heating up at http://www.twitter.com/ridevermont. If you’re not yet a follower of @RideVermont, follow us and simply tweet “I get rad @RideVermont”. We’ll randomly select a winner on Monday and a brand new pair of Darn Tough socks could be coming your way.

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