For this coming winter Burton has reportedly hooked up with Disney to produce a “Tron-inspired” snowboard boots inspired by the upcoming Disney film, according to a story on Stitchkingdom.com.
Burton will offer an exclusive snowboard boot that blends the best-in-class functionality and technology of Burton Snowboards, with the DNA of the original TRON. Inspired by the story’s strong graphic look and feel, the Burton boot is made to look like something out of the future, yet seen through the eyes of a snowboarder back in 1982 when the first film released.
So is that primitive future or future retro? Burton will not be alone. Oakely, Hurley, and Adidas are also getting in on the exploitatron.
[Link: StichKingdom]
didn’t 32 kind of already beat them to it?
http://thirtytwo.com/boots/fall-2009/mens/tm-two-2/blue/
why does burton do dumb stuff.
@CX Because stupid people spend the most money…
uh and 32 did it before then too!
http://www.shopkirkwood.com/ProductImages/009thirtytwo/32f08.ultralight.jpg
Burton should really blow people away and make a snowboard boot designed specifically for snowboarding and not just designed for the buckling-in showcase at Big Bear.
you fools. this is clearly an officially licensed disney/burton collabo for fans of the movie who, wait for it… like both TRON and snowboarding. 32 made a boot that has some very obvious TRON inspired styling but it IS NOT an officially licensed product featuring the TRON name/brand. get over yourself. no one care whether you like it or not.
Cx, I bought them because they were a rare promo, i didnt notice it was based on Tron till I took it off after boarding with it, The boot feels great and is lightweight but not the best in the world.
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