What... no flames?

With snowboard season just around the corner, I took a quick peek at some closeout websites where you can often score decent brand name gear for dimes on the dollar. I don't get to ride enough anymore to justify paying MSRPs for an annual outfitting and new quiver of boards—sadly, those days are over. But if I save a few bucks on boots, jacket and goggles, then I'll feel better about dropping real money on a new board.

Unless, of course, the boots are THESE hideous slush kickers...

I don't care what they cost—$82, instead of MSRP $200—I mean, come on... neon pink and blue with CAMO?! Why not just put some red flames on there as well, and maybe some reflective piping, so everyone can see your atrocious fashion sense at night?

These, apparently, were Jeremy Jones' idea. I know he's a freestyle icon and all that, but that doesn't mean he should get to shove around Burton's well paid product designers. It should be somebody's job to say "Um, no Jeremy, bro, those are UGG-LEE, and will undoubtedly end up—like like a Sarah Palin book—on a closeout website for an embarrassingly low price, sorry." Shouldn't it? Yes, it should. And that goes for his pro model boards too, which are also too stupid looking to purchase. Ever. At any price.