Burton Snowboards is drawing some heat as this coming ski season is right upon us. Two of the company line's called Love and Primo had protests standing outside Burton's corporate headquarters with signs reading, "Love does not equal porn," "Keep violent images off our slopes," and "Cutting is not cool."
Burton backs it's snowboard's designs and issued a statement from CEO Laurent Potdevin saying,
"Burton supports freedom of artistic expression. Board graphics are artwork, and art can be offensive to some and inspiring to others.
"We are not breaking any laws by creating these boards, and it is our sincere belief that these graphics do not condone or encourage violence towards women in any way."
We feel it's a far cry from some extremists to protest such a design.
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(Photos: Burton.com)
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