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Long before snowboards were allowed on the Stratton lifts, brothers Mike and Steve Hayes were poaching runs and evading ski patrol. When the certification program started, the two were amongst the first to attain the elusive upper mountain access. They soon joined the Burton team and the only thing that rivaled their on slope performances were the fetes held in their parents basement.
Find out more in the book Snowboarding in Southern Vermont available at www.snowboardinginsouthernvermont.com


Photo credit: Michael Devito, Hayes Family, Burton Corporation ,Hubert Schriebl