Jake Burton Carpenter, known as the godfather of snowboarding and founder of Burton Snowboards, has died aged 65 due to complications from cancer. Carpenter quit his job in 1977 and founded his ...

Forty-six years ago, Jake Burton Carpenter created Burton Snowboards in the backyard of his Londonderry, Vermont, home. On Tuesday morning, the town rallied together to celebrate his legacy.

Modern snowboarding on a board with bindings was made popular separately by Tom Sims and Jake Burton Carpenter. When was snowboarding added to the Olympics? Snowboarding first appeared at the 1998 ...

Lists are subjective, but this one ranking the Best 20 Snowboarding Resorts in the World has us scratching our heads.

its home was founded by the late Jake Burton Carpenter in 1977. This year, the Boston Celtics are celebrating their 77th year of existence. So a collaboration between these two New England sports ...

It was 14-year-old Jake Burton Carpenter who, after using the Snurfer, decided it could use some adjustments. By the time he was 23, in 1977, Carpenter, using an inheritance he had gotten from his ...

We wanted to create heroes," says Donna Carpenter, CEO of Burton Snowboards, the company she helped her husband Jake Burton grow to what it is today. "Snowboarding was always about taking it to ...

DEAR RIDER, an HBO original documentary produced by Red Bull Media House and Emmy®-winning director Fernando Villena, is a celebration of the life and vision of Jake Burton Carpenter (1954-2019 ...

Paralyzed but for his hands by a rare nervous disorder, Jake Burton Carpenter scribbled thoughts in a loose diary of a man confronting his mortality. The president of Burton Snowboards once moved ...

Jake Burton Carpenter, an early visionary in the sport, heads up the company as chairman out of their Burlingon, Vermont offices, and the Burton Team of snowboarding stars promote the products and ...

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Brands are changing their strategies and entering policy debates, as climate change continues to upend the snowfall calendar. By Jasper Craven Kiana Clay, who lost use of her dominant arm in an ...