Official Winterstick Vintage 1985 Winterstick Swallowtail Snowboard (with bindings) [LTD]

Winterstick Vintage 1985 Winterstick Swallowtail

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 über rare seafoam swallowtail was made without metal edges (the plus model has metal edges) was made for the Winterstick purists that had no intention of riding the resorts instead electing to hike for their turns.

This board is in good condition and even more rare complete with all original parts, comes with gray bindings that still have the safety leash and center fin. The topsheet is in good to excellent condition with the biggest detractor being 5 missing epoxy traction bumps. The tip of the left tail has 2 small voids where epoxy did not fill in the mold all the way (an easy fix)

The bindings are complete all original and fully functional. The base is in fair to good condition despite having 80% of the original factory finish to the base. The vase 10 to 12 odd scratches. The biggest problem with this board that presents from being classified as mint to excellent is the 5 sidewall dings (see photos) ranging from ½ to 2” long clips in the sidewall that have been sealed in epoxy.

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!