"ACT NATURAL!" Christina "Pika" Burtner Full Part — Think Thank

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A compilation of Pika's mega STACK over the course of 20 years, this is "Act Natural!" You might know Christina "Pika" Burtner as the co-founder of Think Thank or as a fine arts major from the University of Washington specializing in dioramas painted in oil or as a graphic designer who made countless Think Thank ads, covers and even the logo itself as well as snowboard graphics for Lib Tech, Gnu and Roxy. She's also a seasoned cinematographer, a director of movies, a musician, a beloved friend, wife to Jesse, mom to Ollie...and the list goes on and on. First and foremost (and maybe most importantly) she's a snowboarder and a skater who's spent her life chasing powder, grabs, 360s, kick flips, shifties, shuv-its, pine cone ollies, boxes and even Jamie Lynn (she broke her collar bone chasing him down at Mt. Baker!). She wasn't often in front of the lens but when she was she always got a clip and that's what we have put together here; some of the footy she's stacked starting around 2004 to the present. This is Pika's first full part and it's a doozy! Enjoy this celebration of the often behind the scenes driving force of Think Thank and pure positive power that is Christina Burtner. "Act natural!" is one of her most common Pika-isms usually coming right after "Group picture!" and it's the perfect title (thought up by Sean Genovese) because there is no one more naturally suited to being with friends while out getting rascally in the snow while at the same time freezing in a double peace sign pose in front of any camera...act natural!!!

Filmed by: Ross Phillips, Jesse Burtner, Sean Genovese, Scott Stevens, Micah Hollinger, Gary Milton, Mike Morgan and mor