Jake Burton Carpenter, 'soul of snowboarding', dies at 65
Jake Burton Carpenter, known as the godfather of snowboarding who founded the company that now sponsors all the top riders, died Wednesday night in Burlington, Vermont, at the age of 65.
— Burton Snowboards (@burtonsnowboard) November 21, 2019
Carpenter’s battle with cancer, Guillain-Barré syndrome
Burton Snowboards leads Olympics
— Nick Zaccardi (@nzaccardi) November 21, 2019
— Burton Snowboards (@burtonsnowboard) November 22, 2017