In a no-holds-barred interview with Snowboarder Magazine’s Pat Bridges, Carpenter said that getting snowboarders access to Stratton in 1984 “was our big break.” (Burton would go on to host the U.S.
To grow the sport, Carpenter began knocking on Vermont ski resorts’ doors and eventually convinced them to let in his ragtag crew of snowboarders. Producing more boards than they could sell. Quickly outpaced demand, and even from the barnyard workshop, Burton was Snowboards, Carpenter started Burton out of his Vermont barn in 1977. Infamous “Snurfer” toy and figuring he could make some money by selling The visionary who shaped snowboarding more than any other. Their three sons, Timi, George and Taylor. He is survived by his wife Donna Carpenter (Burton’s CEO), as well as That so many of us share, passed away on Wednesday night.Ĭarpenter was 65 and succumbed to his second bout with testicularĬancer.
Sadly, Jake Burton Carpenter, the man responsible for the love of snowboarding Sometimes, I’d pull out the boardįrom its home underneath my bunk bed, set it in the middle of my bedroom floor,Īnd just stare at it-that was enough to get me dreaming about the unparalleledĮuphoria that came when the Chopper and I made the trek to the mountains. We lived hours from the snow,Īnd trips to Tahoe were fewer than I’d like. Remember I found amusing and a little bit creepy. A graphic of a half-eaten carrot graced the base, which I It was deep orange, banged upĪnd beautiful. That I got from my older brother in fifth grade. More specifically, it was a hand-me-down ’98 122 Chopper Like many snowboarders over the history of our sport, my firstīoard was a Burton. Jake Burton slashes a turn through the corn in the late 1970s.
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