Can You Handle It? Zeb Powell’s 205cm Super Ultra Blossom is Here
The question seemed to come from every corner of the universe: Are we ever going to make Zeb’s Super Ultra Blossom board available to the public? Get ready, because the answer is finally: Yes.
One of the first times Zeb broke the internet, he was riding a Nitro Snowboards 203cm swallowtail. When Zeb signed onto the Burton Team, it was part of the discussion: Can we make him a custom board that’s larger than life? The answer was, of course.
So, clips started to pop up of Zeb doing incredible things on boards that seemed impossible to ride, let alone do tricks on. That’s when the questions started. Comments, emails, DMs—the questions flooded in from all directions. When would those boards be for sale? Would we ever do it?
Enter Rider’s Summit 2023, when we gathered Burton Team riders, snowboard community members, and industry experts to ideate on new products and help guide the future. There, the question came up again, this time from Zeb’s fellow team riders themselves. It seemed like the whole universe was asking for it, and it was time for Zebulon’s board of choice to come down to earth.
It's called the Super Ultra Blossom because it’s essentially a super-sized (205cm long) version of the Blossom, which Zeb rides when he doesn’t feel like strapping into a literal spaceship. The swallowtail was Zeb’s idea. We could say it has all kinds of performance benefits (as many swallowtails do), but let’s be real, in this case it mostly just looks rad.
The graphics feature a custom-made comic strip by returning board artist Khary Randolph. You may recognize his work from some of the world’s biggest comic series, as well as a Burton Chopper board graphic. The comic tells the story of an otherwise ordinary guy named Zeb who discovers a magic sword that imbues him with superpowers. The sword design is based on the tail of the Super Ultra Blossom.
Zeb often says that he’s just an ordinary person, but when he steps on his snowboard, he finds his superpower. Like Zeb’s riding, this board is larger than life. Maybe it’ll have the same effect on you. That is, if you can handle it…
