Founded in 2004 in Truckee, California, Automaton was born with the purpose of helping build the snowboard culture. Producing top-notch snowboards designed for freestyle fun. Brenton Woo, founder of Automaton, talks about the artwork and artists behind thier boards.

 

What to do with all those stickers …
Theres a cool article at the Burton Snowboards Community on the proper way to sticker your snowboard. Stickering is an artform so get familiar. Brought to you by Now Read This from Burton.

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Artist Series
Ride Snowboards have released the first of a three part arts series for the DH2 snowboard. The graphics for this DH2.1 initial release were done by Californian fine artist Michael J Zepeda III, hailing from Costa Mesa. According to Ride: The DH2 series features Ride’s new LowRize™ rocker profile with LowRize™ specific sidecut, built to lock in landings and eliminate hook. This twin also combines our exclusive Membrain™ top sheet, Pop Stixs™ and 85A Slimewalls® for a one of kind freestyle Ride ideal for going big. Releasing in 7 sizes, get yours now from Ride.

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Happy boarding!
2010 looks like it will be a year of many interesting collaborations. One of the more interesting ones sees Forum Snowboards collaborating with legendary PBS nature artist and all around smooth guy Bob Ross on a series of products including boots, board and bindings. The board features some landscape artwork on the topsheet as well as the signature image of Bob Ross staring back at you.

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The Old School
For those of us that have experienced snowboarding back in the day, I’m sure you could come to appreciate how far we’ve come along just by looking at the type of equipment available today. I remember when some of these boards were cutting edge for the time, it’s funny how things change. DVS Shoes has put together a pretty concise online museum displaying some of the more iconic boards of our time. Check that.

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The Endeavor High 5
Vancouver based graphic designer Jeff Hamada has worked with Endeavor Snowboards on their High 5 series for the past two seasons. The High 5 is Endeavors ultimate twin freestyle board, and for this upcoming season, is available in 5 sizes.

2010′s theme for these boards were based on destruction and as the graphic evolved, the element of space was addedd to the mix. Each board was named after space shuttle disasters: Apollo, Columbia, Soyuz, Challenger, and X153.

The space camouflage pattern was carried over into Endeavor’s streetwear range with a fitted hat, zip hoodie and t-shirt.

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A Burton Life
Burton got down with New York based streetwear label Alife to create a special edition Custom board. The board is light blue with double-label branding throughout. Produced in limited numbers, the board retails at Burton Flagship stores for MSRP $619 USD, if you can find one.

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Evil Twin LTD
Amsterdam’s premier graphic artist and illustrator Parra has collaborated with Bataleon for their 2009 artist edition line of snowboards. Parra, who’s other ventures include Rockwell Clothing and involvement with Patta Boutique, designed the graphics for the Evil Twin LTD in his signature style.

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FUL Blood
Independent footwear brand JB Classics joined forces with Ride Snowboards for a second time to develop a special collection of design driven products. The collection consisted of a Ride x JB Classics FUL boot, Alpha MVMNT binding, and Society board, all treated in a gruesome blood splatter theme. The products were released through Ride’s Artist Series and are backed up by a limited edition pair of Peddler sneakers from JB to tie things together.

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The Dream Machine
The most recent Vapor board from Burton gets some graphic treatment by street art legend Futura. No stranger to collaboration, both parties have had numerous projects together throughout the years, and this is no exception. The Vapor is considered to be one of Burtons lightest boards, comes in five sizes and at $1000 MSRP a pop you could consider it an art investment in itself, it would look just as good on the hill as it would on your wall.

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