Burton is bringing back images of Playboy bunnies on its snowboards, seven years after similar depictions sparked a protest outside its headquarters in Burlington, Vermont.
The snowboard company has announced that it is launching a snowboard collection "featuring vintage Playboy centerfolds" and artwork by tattoo artist Chris Nunez.
Jake Burton says his company supports freedom of artistic expression.
The move comes about a month after Playboy announced it would stop running nude photos in its U.S. print edition. The Burlington Free Press reports the new boards feature images of scantily-clad women with art covering parts of their bodies.
In 2008, about 150 people demonstrated outside Burton's Burlington headquarters over a snowboard collection with images of Playboy models and another with cartoons of self-mutilation.
Some ski resorts also banned employees from using them on the slopes.
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