Burton Snowboards - Jake Burton Carpenter on the first Backhill he built in 1978. That sweater, though. P: Dale Jones | Facebook
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Burton Snowboards founder Jake Burton Carpenter, who helped bring snowboarding to the masses, has died at 65 – Hartford Courant
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