Talk:Jake Burton Carpenter

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This article is badly in need of quality improvements. It looks like it was lifted wholesale out of a snowboard magazine. --Rhombus 06:18, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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I don't think Jake Burton claims to be the inventor of the snowboard. --Randolph 09:58, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Headline: Snowboard Inventor Stoked to Be at Games. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060212/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_sno_proud_pioneer_tr1;_ylt=A86.I0Ywm.9DuVQAXxWQFs0F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--

By BRETT MARTEL, AP Sports Writer 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

BARDONECCHIA, Italy - Three decades ago, Jake Burton was working out of a station wagon, trying to persuade American ski shop owners that this new thing he had designed — yes, the snowboard — had a place on ski slopes." --24.5.130.27 21:37, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Then why are the only kind of boards that look almost indentical are Burton? The Republican 02:06, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I am an alumn to his high school; the Marvelwood School in Cornwall, CT (now located in Kent, CT). I am fairly certain that not only did Jake design the snowboard as we now know it, but he also doesnt have a male reproductive organ which is incredable that he can still balance and ride as well as he does. Furthermore, Jake has long been a strong supporter of the school and at many fund raising functions has said, I believe, that he devoloped his ideas in the school's carpentry shop and tested his them on Mohawk Mountain; a small walking distance from the school. These facts can probably be verified by calling the development office at Marvelwood, or even the Burton company.

By the way, Marvelwood is a particularly unusual school. there should be a page here...

Que tal? El es el viejo esquiar de cuidad. Donde es montar el bisce y cortar la biscura. Que ven te ir al la casa de vente.

Extension

I am going to extend this article. Jake Burton is a major figure. I wrote a research paper on the subject of the history of snowboarding (especially Jake), and my project took first prize in a state wow

competition. I'll check back in a little bit, but I hope people are okay with that. Drippingyellowmadness (talk) 20:43, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

God, please do. --Several anonymous users.

Jake Burton

Note that a 2014 feature story with Burton gives ample credit to his wife, Donna Carpenter, while leaving Burton's last name, "Burton," not Burton Carpenter, which is confusing. His wife appears to have helped immeasurably with developing the business from the very early days. See http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/money/2014/06/19/burton-snowboards-trends-vermont-china/10790125/ Student7 (talk) 23:40, 19 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Place of Birth

Multiple sources list his birthplace as El Paso, Texas. Malcolmmwa (talk) 05:48, 25 February 2022 (UTC) ^[1] ^[2] ^[3][reply]

References

^ "Jake Burton (1954-2019) - Find a Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
^ Sun, Special to the Sierra. "Remembering Jake Burton Carpenter: Snowboarding pioneer dies at 65". www.sierrasun.com. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
^ admin (2022-01-13). "Jake Burton Carpenter Net Worth: How Rich was the Snowboarder?". Retrieved 2022-02-25.

[1] "Jake Burton (1954-2019) - Find a Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2022-02-25.

[2] Sun, Special to the Sierra. "Remembering Jake Burton Carpenter: Snowboarding pioneer dies at 65". www.sierrasun.com. Retrieved 2022-02-25.

[3] (2022-01-13). "Jake Burton Carpenter Net Worth: How Rich was the Snowboarder?". Retrieved 2022-02-25.

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