The boards, made by a Vermont snowboard manufacturer called Burton as part of its Playboy range, have antagonised local parents, politicians and even the state's Girl Scouts, who are considering political action. Opinion in famously liberal Vermont, the main skiing state on the East Coast, has divided sharply over the boards, with their supporters arguing that the right of people not to be offended out on the slopes is less important than the constitutional right to free expression. City leaders in Burlington, where the boards are made, have asked Burton — one of America's biggest snowboard makers — to stop making the range, whose images are taken from s Playboy magazines. The company's founders have in turn insisted that the criticism has been "hurtful and out-of-line", pointing out that it targeted the sort of year-old man who want gear "their parents would never be caught dead in". However, several Vermont resorts including Killington and Stowe have banned their staff from using the boards and the Girl Scout Council of Vermont is considering taking the issue to state legislators next month.