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Jake Burton Carpenter (April 29, 1954 – November 20, 2019), occasionally also known as Jake Burton or Jakie, was an American snowboarder, founder of Burton Snowboards, and one of the inventors of the modern day snowboard.
Nov 22, 2019 · Jake Burton Carpenter, whose once-modest plan to make 50 snowboards a day turned into something far bigger — a global business that helped drive snowboarding into a popular Olympic sport — died...
Nov 21, 2019 · 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...
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Nov 22, 2019 · Jake Burton Carpenter, The Godfather Of Snowboarding, Dies At 65. Carpenter, the founder of the iconic Burton Snowboards company, was born in 1954 — when snowboarding was radically different ...
Jake Burton Carpenter, the man who changed the game on the mountain by fulfilling a grand vision of what a snowboard could be, died Wednesday night, Nov. 20, 2019, of complications stemming from a relapse of testicular cancer. He was 65.
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Nov 21, 2019 · Jake Burton Carpenter, the snowboarding pioneer and founder of Burton Snowboards, passed away from complications related to cancer. He was 65. The company announced Carpenter’s death on...