Burton Does Korea and Tokyo

Photos: Blotto

The Burton World Tour crew visited Tokyo on Monday to celebrate the first anniversary of the Burton Tokyo Store. Jeremy Jones, Shaun White, Trevor Andrew, Nicolas Müller, Mads Jonnson, Tadashi Fuse, Anne Flore Marxer, many Burton Japan riders, and special guest Analog skater Arto Sari were greeted by a crowd of about 300 loyal fans. The invite only event saw the first showing in Tokyo of "Thanks In Advance" just before the riders arrived. The team fielded questions from the audience and blew out the candles on a huge birthday cake in the shape of a snowboard that was shared with the crowd. The riders all had some time to mingle with the crowd, shake hands, take pictures and sign autographs before heading out to a late night Korean Bar-B-Q dinner. Speaking of Korea...that is where we are headed tomorrow for the first ever World Tour stop in that country. Thanks to everyone in the Burton Japan office and the crew at the Tokyo store for making this event a success!