Best Sale Winterstick 1987 Vintage Roundtail Plus Snowboard [LTD]

Winterstick 1987 Vintage Roundtail Plus Snowboard

With over 1,000 vintage boards on display at Salty Peaks Snowboard Specialty Shop we are often asked “what’s the oldest snowboard?” to answer, we ask “what do you consider a snowboard? Does it have something you hold in your hand like a rope or handle? Or is it a freehand ridden board, like a surfboard? If your answer is a freehand powder surfboard, the first was Wayne Stoveken, who in 1972 rode the first winterstick powder surfboards in the Wasatch Range” Winterstick founder Dimitrije Milovich was on that hike in the East coast surfer turned inventor started the Winterstick company right here in Salt Lake City. The first production boards were offered in a roundtail and swallowtail models. Early boards had the powder brake, that stopped a runaway board if you fell off of it while riding. The base skeg helped the board track straight in deep powder, in 1975 Demetrije was using metal edges and p-tex bases. By 1980 “sticking” was what the cool kids were doing as an underground movement had been created around the snow surf company called Winterstick.

This green and yellow colorway Winterstick roundtail is from the last year of production of Winterstick under Demetri Milovich, this board has all original parts and red high back bindings. It is rare to find these boards in perfect condition, as many had imperfections in the epoxy topsheet. This board is in good condition with topsheet graphics in excellent condition.

The top epoxy sheet is in good condition. With only 3 epoxy bumps missing, and one small divet approximately one half inch by one quarter inch under rear binding. There is the remants of the word “demo” painted in white on the tail. You can only see part od the “d” half of the “m” and the “o.”

Base is in good condition with several minor scratches in base from use. Edges are rusty and original fin is missing.

There are no known reproductions of any of the Winterstick boards. So it is an all original vintage board.

Collectors, please note, Salty Peaks Snowboard Shop has a mission statement to document and preserve snowboard history and does not engage in the selling of vintage snowboards from the Utah Snowboard Museum. Most of the boards on this site are privately owned and priced according to rarity and condition. In most cases, they are not intended to sell but to educate fellow collectors of the more rare and hard to find snowboards out there, along with potential value of such boards. Prices are set to discourage purchase, but as time catches up to value, these prices may not seem so far off in the future. If you are interested in selling a board of this caliber, please contact the curator of the Utah Snowboard Museum, Dennis Nazari. If you are in need of period correct bindings, parts, or hardware, also contact the museum for availability;  or 801-273-8770
Happy hunting and enjoy!

Please Note:

– Snowboard base graphics may vary.

– We are a small store and don’t ship from a warehouse.  Many of oursnowboards are display models and may show minor cosmetic wear frombeing handled by customers.  This could include small scratches orscuffs on the topsheet or evidence of fingerprints.  We will alwayscontact you if there is damage that is more than cosmetic such as anydamage to the base or edges.  Please contact us if you have a questionabout the condition of a particular board.  Thank you for supportingcore shops!

 – Snowboard base graphics may vary.

– We are a small store and don’t ship from a warehouse.  Many of our snowboards are display models and may show eet or evidence of fingerprints.  We will always contact you if there is damage that is more than cosmetic such as any damminor cosmetic wear from being handled by customers.  This could include small scratches or scuffs on the topshage to the base or edges.  Please contact us if you have a question about the condition of a particular board.  Thank you for supporting core shops!