Burton Snowboards has canceled its 2021 Burton U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships, scheduled to happen at Vail in Colorado next March.
The Burlington-based snowboard equipment and clothing company has been running the event – the longest-running in the snowboarding world – since 1983.
“This was a difficult call to make since we’re so many months away from the next Burton U.S. Open, and we’re not sure what will be happening with the pandemic nine months from now,” said Burton CEO John Lacy. “After playing out multiple options for the 2021 event, we realized there is too much at stake due to the potential public health risk and the financial risk for Burton to invest millions in an event that could end up being cancelled.”
— Anne Wallace Allen
