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Burton Snowboards
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Jun 19 2000 12:00 AM PDT

 PROFILE
Burton Snowboards takes surfing to the slopes with its line of snowboards and related equipment. With operations in Japan, Austria, and Vermont, this leading snowboard maker also produces and sells apparel, boots, bindings, packs, and outerwear. The firm's chairman and owner, Jake Burton, has been a pioneer in developing the sport of snowboarding. He quit a high-paying financial job in 1977 to make his passion for surfing mountains a legitimate sport, converting a village house and barn in Vermont into a factory for his snowboards and lobbying ski resorts to allow snowboarders on the slopes. Though snowboarding debuted as an Olympic sport in Nagano in 1998, it continues to be an edgy sport with a renegade image.

 COMPETITION
K2 Inc. (KTO)

 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: January
2000 Sales (mil.): 200.00
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 14.3%
Employees: 500
Revenue per employee: $400,000.00

 KEY PEOPLE
• Jake Burton
    CEO
• Mike Abbott
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
80 Industrial Pkwy.
Burlington, VT 05401
US
Phone: -
Fax: 802-660-3250
Online: Web Site

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