1989 Burton Mystery Air Craig Kelly Rare Vintage

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1989 Burton Mystery Air Craig Kelly Rare Vintage.
The base and sidewall were repaired in the early 90's professionally and look amazing. Board was full tuned and cleaned up and freshly waxed just a couple of months ago. Ready to rip!
1989; “MYSTERY”:
ONE OF BURTON’S MOST SOUGHT AFTER BOARDS BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY INVOLVING THE MOST TALENTED AND RESPECTED SNOWBOARDER OF THE TIME, THE TWO MOST FAMOUS SNOWBOARD COMPANIES OF THE TIME, A LEGAL DISPUTE, A JUDGE’S RULING, AND THE LIMITED VOLUME PRODUCED.  INTRODUCED IN THE BURTON CATALOG IN A COFFIN LIKE BOX LABELED “TOP SECRET”, THE BOARD ITSELF DID NOT APPEAR IN PHOTOGRAPH, AND THIS "MYSTERY" CREATED UNBELIEVABLE HYPE. AS THE STORY GOES, CRAIG KELLEY WHO WAS RIDING FOR TOM SIMS, WAS CONVINCED TO SWITCH ALLIANCES AND CHOSE TO JOIN THE BURTON TEAM. SIMS CLAIMED KELLEY WAS UNDER CONTRACT. KELLEY AND BURTON CLAIMED OTHERWISE.  A LAW SUITE AND CEASE AND DESIST ORDER ENSUED. WHILE THE DRAMA PLAYED OUT BURTON WAS NOT ALLOWED TO USE KELLEY’S NAME ON THE BOARD PER COURT ORDER, THUS THE “MYSTERY” NAME AND GRAPHICS DESIGNED BY KELLEY - EXCLUDING HIS SIGNATURE ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS FIRST BURTON PRO MODEL. THIS BOARD REPRESENTS A UNIQUE PLACE IN SNOWBOARDING HISTORY AS WELL AS WHAT SOME CONSIDER THE MOST ICONIC GRAPHIC OF ALL TIME FOR THIS REASON.