On June 1st, 2008, Burton Hood Shopgirls Leia and Nicole narrowly escaped from the hot pursuit of Vermont summer by fleeing on a jet plane to escape to Mt. Hood, Oregon. There they were met by their cohort and accomplice Thadius, an Oregon local who would soon prove his native knowledge invaluable to their covert operations on the west coast. When they arrived at their hideout, the Burton Demo Center in Government Camp, they would discover that entry was not as easy as they had anticipated. Snow banks outside the demo door towered over their heads, like sentries who had guarded the doors of the dormant demo all winter long. It was time for them to shake life into the demo center once again and prepare for a summer full of sunny summertime shred, gangs of gregarious groms and raucous rockers ready for Rockband rivalry!

Over the next week, the Demo Center fortress was barraged by battalions of boxes; tons of 2009 product. Hundreds of boards, boots and bindings descended upon them, filling every corner of the demo center. Armed with box cutters and a determination to shred the snowy slopes of the volcano, the three shredders tore through the boxes like they were tearing up a fresh powder field. Outside the demo center, winter made its last stand with a vengeance, relentlessly pounding the volcano and the streets of Govy. With the snow beckoning them, the Demo Center Hoodlums soon transformed mountains and mazes of boxes into militant rows of sharp 09 bindings, a force of fresh-from-the-box boots and a slue of snowboards, still fresh with factory wax, waiting for rippers to take them for their first turns to tear Mt. Hood’s record snowfall to shreds.

The Demo Center opened its doors on June 14th to hordes of eager snowshredders; High Cascade Campers infiltrated the Demo hungry for fresh snowboards and new technology, drooling over the new LOVE and asking the age-old question, “do you have any stickers?”

Armed with screwdrivers, product from the future and yes, lots of stickers, the Mt. Hood Demo staff is ready to do battle with the volcano, forming alliances with thousands of snowboarders who will make their way to the Burton Demo Center this summer to be suited with the best arsenal of snow shredding equipment available. Mt. Hood doesn’t stand a chance against this army of snow addicts hungry for big turns and big airs, jibs and spins, bonks and aerials. Summer 2008 has just begun.