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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82761\\\" title=\\\"BOTB-bracket1-round1-battle0\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.snowboardermag.com\\/files\\/2013\\/06\\/BOTB-bracket1-round1-battle0.png\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"950\\\" height=\\\"558\\\" srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.snowboarder.com\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/1\\/files\\/2013\\/06\\/BOTB-bracket1-round1-battle0.png 950w, http:\\/\\/www.snowboarder.com\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/1\\/files\\/2013\\/06\\/BOTB-bracket1-round1-battle0-300x176.png 300w\\\" sizes=\\\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;div style=\\\"color: #000000;\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The trenches are dug and the front lines are stacked as SNOWBOARDER Magazine\\u2019s 2013 Battle of the Brands is about to kick off. Sixteen of snowboarding\\u2019s biggest and most influential brands have provided us with their individually filmed and edited &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.snowboardermag.com\\/events\\/superpark\\/\\\"&gt;Superpark 17&lt;\\/a&gt; edits and they\\u2019ll be going head-to-head against their opponent. Brackets were chosen at random and the stage is set for all-out war.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nThe brands participating in the BOTB 2013 are:&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/gear.snowboardermag.com\\/buyers-guide-2013\\/brands\\/burton.html\\\"&gt; Burton&lt;\\/a&gt;, &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/gear.snowboardermag.com\\/buyers-guide-2013\\/brands\\/bataleon.html\\\"&gt;Bataleon&lt;\\/a&gt;, &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/gear.snowboardermag.com\\/buyers-guide-2013\\/brands\\/capita.html\\\"&gt;CAPiTA&lt;\\/a&gt;, &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/gear.snowboardermag.com\\/buyers-guide-2013\\/brands\\/never-summer.html\\\"&gt;Never Summer&lt;\\/a&gt;, &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/blog.dcshoes.com\\/us\\/en\\/snow\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;DC&lt;\\/a&gt;, &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/gear.snowboardermag.com\\/buyers-guide-2013\\/brands\\/nitro.html\\\"&gt;Nitro&lt;\\/a&gt;, &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/gear.snowboardermag.com\\/buyers-guide-2013\\/brands\\/giro.html\\\"&gt;Giro&lt;\\/a&gt;, &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/gear.snowboardermag.com\\/buyers-guide-2013\\/brands\\/dakine.html\\\"&gt;DAKINE&lt;\\/a&gt;, &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/gear.snowboardermag.com\\/buyers-guide-2013\\/brands\\/smokin.html\\\"&gt;Smokin&amp;#8217;&lt;\\/a&gt;, &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.mervin.com\\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;Mervin Manufacturing&lt;\\/a&gt;, &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/gear.snowboardermag.com\\/buyers-guide-2013\\/brands\\/arbor.html\\\"&gt;Arbor&lt;\\/a&gt;, &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/thirtytwo.com\\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;ThirtyTwo&lt;\\/a&gt;, &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/gear.snowboardermag.com\\/buyers-guide-2013\\/brands\\/quiksilver.html\\\"&gt;Quiksilver&lt;\\/a&gt;, &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/gear.snowboardermag.com\\/buyers-guide-2013\\/brands\\/ride.html\\\"&gt;Ride&lt;\\/a&gt;, &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/gear.snowboardermag.com\\/buyers-guide-2013\\/brands\\/volcom.html\\\"&gt;Volcom&lt;\\/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/gear.snowboardermag.com\\/buyers-guide-2013\\/brands\\/airblaster.html\\\"&gt;Airblaster&lt;\\/a&gt;.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nBeginning on Monday, June 17th, 2013 at midnight EST, these sixteen brands will fight to the finish in three day, bracket-style elimination rounds until a winner prevails at the end of the summer. With Facebook-integrated voting only on &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.snowboardermag.com\\\"&gt;snowboardermag.com&lt;\\/a&gt;, our viewers will be able to vote for the video they like the best, however, voters will only be able to cast one ballot in each round, so they must choose wisely.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nThe brackets for the 2013 Battle of the Brands have been chosen at random and they will be live on the following dates:&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nJune 17, 2013: Nitro vs. Giro&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nJune 20, 2013: Volcom vs. Mervin&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nJune 24, 2013: Burton vs. Never Summer&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nJune 27, 2013: DC vs. Arbor&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nJuly 1, 2013: Quiksilver vs. Ride&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nJuly 4, 2013: CAPiTA vs. Smokin\\u2019&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nJuly 8, 2013: ThirtyTwo vs. Airblaster&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nJuly 11, 2013: DAKINE vs. Bataleon&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nBe sure to check out all the action and vote for your favorite battle starting June 17th, 2013 only on &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.snowboardermag.com\\\"&gt;snowboardermag.com&lt;\\/a&gt;.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/div&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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