Edgy snowboard graphics test liberal Vermont

The Boston Globe ^ | January 5, 2009 | Aimee Picchi

[buccaneer81]

Edgy snowboard graphics test liberal Vermont

By Aimee Picchi Globe Correspondent / January 5, 2009

BURLINGTON, Vt. - For Nicole Zarrillo, seeing a snowboarder with one of Burton Snowboards' new Playboy designs at a Vermont ski slope underscored the reasons why many Vermonters - including her boss - are protesting the new men's snowboards.

"When you really think about it, it's a young man standing on top of a naked woman's body," said Zarrillo, 38, an office manager for a nonprofit based in Burlington, also home to Burton's headquarters.

[buccaneer81]

I'd ride them!

[buccaneer81]

[ClearCase_guy]

Pretty, but frigid.

[nufsed]

No, when you really think about it, it’s a drawing.

[SJSAMPLE]

Do the Girl Scouts really want to get involved in this?

It’s a private business that’s operating legally.
They should stick to their own business.

[Responsibility2nd]

Isn’t Vermont where that small town is where the local kids run around naked?

And if so, they have a problem with this because.....
why?

[Londo Molari]

Wait until the homosexuals begin to sue and force “alternative lifestyle” boards.

[Paladin2]

Again, TTIUWOP.

[buccaneer81]

Wait until the homosexuals begin to sue and force “alternative lifestyle” boards.

They're welcome to start their own company. Free enterprise rocks!

[Citizen Blade]

Are the women on the snowboards naked, or are the “good bits” covered. If the former, then showing them in public isn’t acceptable (and may be illegal). If the latter, then it’s purely an issue of personal taste (and any rules the ski resorts might have against such things).

[Perdogg]

Liberalism doesn’t mean freedom, liberalism means nannystatism.

[buccaneer81]

The photos were taken from 1970s era Playboys. My guess is that they’re pretty tame.

[buccaneer81]

“good bits”

On Monty Python, they called them the "naughty bits." LOL!

[roses of sharon]

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[Red Badger]

Freedom and Unity, my a$$...........

[andy58-in-nh]

Isn’t Vermont where that small town is where the local kids run around naked? And if so, they have a problem with this because..... why?

Because the kids are hairy and ugly and the Playboy models are not.

[Chickensoup]

vulgar leftists.

[Citizen Blade]

I ran a quick Google search, for research purposes only, of course. You’re right- the boards show the models’ butts, but that’s about it- no frontal naked bits.

[Chickensoup]

brattleboro

Because they were really ugly people

[Holicheese]

“good bits” "On Monty Python, they called them the "naughty bits." LOL!" If they were pictures of local Vermont women all the good parts wood be covered in so much hair, there would be nothing to see!

[Vigilanteman]

it's a young man standing on top of a naked woman's body . . .

No doofus. It's a young man standing on a snowboard which is painted with the image of a naked woman's body. Lieberals are always pushing the envelope and then complaining when it comes back to bite them. I don't see the lower part of the snowboard, but by the way the girls are standing, I'm guessing that they are showing nothing more than a little flesh on their backsides.

Snowboarding is a sport dominated by young men. Young men love images of beautiful young women showing skin. They get to shock the phony feminazis as a twofer. Who would've thunk it? < / sarcasm >

[rlmorel]

You nearly made me choke on my lunch with that one...

[GOPsterinMA]

...and natural...no hedge trimming or artificial aftermarket accessories. Nice!

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

Zarrillo, 38, an office manager for a nonprofit based in Burlington

She sounds like a fun date.

[Dallas59]

[Vigilanteman]

. . . all the good parts wood be covered in so much hair . . .

If they were real and not just images, you bet my wood would be covered in so much hair.

[chrisser]

The photos were taken from 1970s era Playboys

So these kids are using snowboards with images of women who are now about as old as their mothers or even grandmothers.

[Billthedrill]

When you really think about it, it's a young man standing on top of a naked woman's body...

Well, no. It's a young man standing on top of a snowboard with a pretty picture on it. The only real conflict here is between toleration and political correctness. Liberals seem to feel that they have a monopoly on both. The twinge some of them are feeling on the issue is cognitive dissonance.

[Charlespg]

What a bunch of bluenosed wowsers

[386wt]

Someone needs to show some pics showing the gals Spring skiing and boarding in sunny California. That’s why I still ski at my age (old).

[Citizen Blade]

...and natural...no hedge trimming

Maybe it's generational, but yuck.....

[thefactor]

i have only ever had burton snowboards and will continue to buy them. they are the best. jake burton invented snowboarding. well, burton and sims. but burton is the best.

[Bitsy]

Wait until the homosexuals begin to sue and force “alternative lifestyle” boards.Vermont brought it on itself, that’s all I can say.

[AU72]

They wouldn’t have had a problem with beefcake boards.

[Holicheese]

What a horrible picture that is!!

[thefactor]

i just called the NYC store. they have a bunch. i might go buy one. if they are outlawed they will be worth a ton later on. the biggest one is only 162cm, though. kinda small.

[Beelzebubba]

The photos were taken from 1970s era Playboys. My guess is that they’re pretty tame.

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They do have that look.

And You can bet that within hours of this going public, the Playboy legal team is all over these guys, who are about to be shut down, justifiably.

You’d think these morons would at least create their own images, or pay for the right to use someone else’s.

[ravingnutter]

So these kids are using snowboards with images of women who are now about as old as their mothers or even grandmothers.

Just be glad I didn't have time to photoshop a Helen Thomas picture...

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

"When you really think about it, it's a young man standing on top of a naked woman's body,"

No...that's the conclusion you come to when you do NOT think about it.

When you actually, really think about it, it's a young man standing on top of a photograph of a naked woman's body. Big difference.

[andy58-in-nh]

It’s true. ;-) If you ever have occasion to visit Burlington, VT it’s a truly Bizarro World kind of place, like Amsterdam with all of the dope and dirt, but sadly, none of the pretty girls.

[Citizen Blade]

And You can bet that within hours of this going public, the Playboy legal team is all over these guys, who are about to be shut down, justifiably.

I'd really be surprised if these snowboards weren't produced under a licensing agreement with Playboy.

[buccaneer81]

Are snowboards always this expensive? Burton lists them at $429.95.

[TYVets]

Why not expand the line and add snowboards with naked men on them.

They would then appeal to a larger segment of the population.

[who knows what evil?]

Young men love images of beautiful young women showing skin.

Something young men in New England don't get to see very often; if at all.

[50sDad]

And our fathers rode around in bombers with half-nekkid girls on the front of them, killing innocent Nazis! Boy, am I ashamed and embarrassed!

[/SARCASM]

[MikeWUSAF]

Because they were really ugly people

[theDentist]

later: "Because objectification of women increases the chance men will become abusive... the boards are an important issue for both sexes."

I bet they claim an increase in calls on SuperBowl Sunday too.

[Little_shoe]

Id like to meet the one in front of the 2nd pic.

[Question_Assumptions]

Liberals and feminists like to believe that Judeo-Christian sexual mores and modesty were designed to empower men and control women and that eliminating them would improve things for women. What they don’t grasp is that those Judeo-Christian sexual mores and modesty were designed to control men and empower women. It’s one of the reason that many high-profile early Christians were women.

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