Vintage Burton Rental Twin Snowboard

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Vintage Burton Rental Twin Snowboard.
Burton Rental Twin. Has some light binding rash and a few really small chips. Edges and base are very clean. Marked as demo.
1ST BURTON RENTAL BOARD - RENTAL TWIN (1992):
​THIS BOARD WAS MANUFACTURED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE GENERIC RENTAL MARKET AND IS THEREFORE KNOWN INFORMALLY AS THE “RENTAL TWIN” BECAUSE NO FORMAL MODEL NAME EXISTS (ONLY THE BRAND NAME BURTON IS SPECIFIED ON THE BOARD). NOR WAS IT WAS EVER FEATURED IN A BURTON CATALOG. IT WAS AN ILL-FATED ATTEMPT TO PRODUCE A TWIN RENTAL BOARD WITH NO LOCKED ON DIRECTIONAL DESIGN. A SPECIAL PULL LEVER RENTAL BINDING WAS USED TO ALLOW THE BINDING TO BE SWIVELED TOWARDS EITHER TIP – NO MORE UNSCREWING THE BINDINGS TO SHIFT FROM REGULAR TO GOOFY WITH EACH RENTER. THE WORDS HEELSIDE AND TOESIDE WERE DESIGNATED ON THE BOARD TO INDICATE WITCH WAY THE SWIVEL BINDING WAS TO BE POSITIONED. ALTHOUGH TWIN IN NATURE, THERE WAS A DEEPER HEELSIDE EDGE FOR BOTH REGULAR OR GOOFY STANCE. ADJUSTING A SWIVEL BINDING EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT THUS ALLOWED FOR EITHER REGULAR OR GOOFY FOOT RIDERS TO MAKE EASIER HEEL SIDE TURNS… IN THEORY. THE INHERENT PROBLEM WAS IN RELEASING THE BOARD TO THE BEGINNER RENTAL MARKET WITHOUT TESTING IT ON BEGINNERS. TESTERS THEMSELVES ARE GREAT RIDERS ABLE TO RIDE ANYTHING UNDERFOOT, HOWEVER THE EXAGGERATED SIDE CUT LED TO BAD BEGINNER FALLS WHERE ONE BINDING WOULD RELEASE. IN SHORT, BURTON PROMPTLY SENT NOTICE THAT ALL BOARDS BE REMOVED FROM THE RENTAL SYSTEM, FOLLOWED BY A FORMAL RECALL. THE BOARDS WERE THEN T-BOLTED (NOTICE THE BASE PLUGS AROUND THE INSERTS TO ACCEPT NORMAL BINDINGS POST RECALL) AND SOMEHOW PASSED ON TO SHOPS, EVENTUALLY RECIRCULATING BACK INTO THE MARKET (FITTED WITH TRADITIONAL BINDINGS). THESE BOARDS CAME IN 160CM IN LENGTH IN GREEN, AND 150CM IN RED. BOTH ARE SOUGHT AFTER BY BURTON COLLECTORS DUE TO THE UNUSUAL HISTORY.