Burton Snowboards founder Jake Burton Carpenter has died aged 65 following a battle with cancer, CNN reports. Often cited as the man responsible for bringing snowboarding to the mainstream, Carpenter ...

Whether you had a gold medal hanging from your neck, were just learning how to stand on a snowboard, or were one of those flustered skiers wondering where all the kids in the baggy pants were coming ...

STOWE, Vt. (AP) — Snowboarders glided down a Vermont mountain Friday on the opening day of the season as a tribute to Jake Burton Carpenter, a pioneer in the sport who died this week. Carpenter, who ...

STRATTON — On March 16, Stratton Mountain Resort will be hosting the fourth annual A Day for Jake, a worldwide event held by Burton Snowboards to celebrate its founder, the late Jake Burton Carpenter.

VAIL, Colo. (AP) — One of Jake Burton Carpenter’s earliest sales trips didn’t work out so great. He loaded up his station wagon with 30 freshly built snowboards. He came home with all of them — plus ...

Whether you had a gold medal hanging from your neck, were just learning how to stand on a snowboard, or were one of those flustered skiers wondering where all the kids in the baggy pants were coming ...

TOTAL SNOW JOB: In the wide world of sports personalities, snowboarding pioneer Jake Burton Carpenter truly carved his own path. Three years after the creation of the “Snurfer,” the precursor to the ...

STOWE, Vt. (AP) — Snowboarders are taking turns down a Vermont mountain on the opening day of the season as a tribute to a pioneer in the sport who died this week. Jake Burton Carpenter died Wednesday ...