Snowboarding/Winterstick board

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Kramer wrote at 2006-10-23 22:34:16
Funny, the Burton FISH sure does look a lot like those early Winterstick designs from the 70's. 1972 to be exact was when the first Roundtail was released. 5 years BEFORE Burton started producing boards to sell.

WinterstickOrDie wrote at 2009-03-23 17:06:44
I have a Winterstick Roundtail from 1975. 2 years before Burton produced the first BB1 Londonderry. Sorry but your facts are wrong about Burton being the first excluding the Poppen Snurfer.

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