Burton's anti-chatter disco platter

[Chris Karol]

1993 Burton prototype with the anti-chatter disco platter aka: "dog bone".  

[BlueB]

Awesome! Thanks for posting it! 

[TimW]

Cool! Any more info on it?

[Jack M]

Had no idea such a thing existed in 1993, and from Burton no less.  Burton gets a lot of irrational hate for being successful and also for leaving alpine, but they did more than anyone to support and promote alpine for a long time.

What's it made of?  Does one end slide?

That was the year of the sawblade graphics on the PJ, and no symmetrical production race boards.  In 1994 they introduced the symmetrical "Stat" series with a 5 (153cm) and a 6 (167cm).  The guy who ran the Burton shop at the mountain had a prototype Stat 7, and said they didn't mass produce it because they thought it was too fast.  This looks even longer, like 180 or so?  Thanks for sharing Chris!

[billyt.]

The fist with the lightning bolts is my stat 7.  I did go over the nose and crack it some years back.  Very stiff tail!

[BobD]

I wonder if there might have been some patent issues that prevented further development.  

[rjnakata]

6 hours ago, Jack M said:

...  Does one end slide?

If the end slides that would have been so forward looking.

[TimW]

9 hours ago, Jack M said:

This looks even longer, like 180 or so? 

Scaling from the insert spacing I get something like 150-155 length, 18-19cm waist, and a tiny 40 cm (!) stance width. 

[trailertrash]

21 hours ago, Jack M said:

 Burton gets a lot of irrational hate for being successful and also for leaving alpine, but they did more than anyone to support 

At this point have they been out of it longer than they were in it?