Burton Snowboards are 'out' today (Friday, March 28th) as the company's worldwide team take the day of to go, well, boarding presumably.
The 'Annual Company Ride Day' has been a fixture in the iconic boarding company's annual calendar for 25 years.
The company closes their worldwide offices for a day so that employees can ride together and the answerphone message is set to,
"We're sorry we can't get to your call right now. We're out enjoying some springtime turns for our Company Ride Day."
This year is a little different to the past 24 however as it's the first time Burton's offices in Vermont, Montreal and Innsbruck have taken the same day off to snowboard together. Burton's regional sales reps in North America and Europe are also closing for the day and going snowboarding with their employees and local shops.
"It's a tradition that goes back since the early days of the company, and it just keeps getting bigger and better every season. The highlight is when Burton's Founder and CEO Jake Burton and Burton President Donna Carpenter lead hundreds of employees down the Gondolier run at Stowe for a group ride," said a company statement.