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Finished product.

Since the Burton US Open of Snowboarding is underway we've been spending a fair bit of time on Burton.com watching the webcast - while there we found this little gem about the making of the US Open trophies at a local glass blowing studio.

Glass blowing is big in Vermont. They smoke a lot up there so glass pipes are always in demand, plus Kevin Pearce's father is Simon Pearce, who's made a fortune selling high-end glass wear, and also Vermont is full of "cottage industry" stories.

Whether it's baking bread, roasting coffee, brewing beer, stuffing teddy bears or marketing snowboards, the State seems to attract DIY types despite it's non-business friendly left-leading tax policies.

Anyway, we're glad that Burton chose to hook up some local glass blowers with the job of making these US Open trophies rather than having them made in China.

For more made in Vermont info check out the Craig Kelly R&D Facility story we did back in January.