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	Jake Burton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jake Burton Carpenter does not claim to have invented the snowboard, but his company, Burton Snowboards has become the best selling snowboard company in the world to date; dominating over 38% of the market, and with annual sales over $30 million.
		Jake Burton’s dream of making snowboarding a phenomena probably would not have happened without his family; not for their support, but because they thought that it was folly to play with snowboards and not get a real job.
		Burton also has the Learn to Ride (LTR) Program and the Method Centers, which were started in 1998, and has spread to over 9 countries, they are the only programs that solely focus on the advancement and teaching of young and new riders.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jake_Burton (690 words)

	Jake Burton - tScholars.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Jake was named after a great uncle John Burton, who lived in his hometown.
		Jake's first attempt at snurfing was at Brooks, his first attempt at boarding school, when he was 14.
		Jake took a year off from school to groom and exercise thoroughbred horses, working in Virginia and at New York's Aqueduct Race Track -- a foreshadowing of the kind of man that goes off to pursue an interest as far as it will take him.
	www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/Jake_Burton (1217 words)

	Encyclopedia: Jake Burton
		Burton has created daughter companies for specific aspects and to better cover the whole genre of snowboarding; R.E.D. makes helmets and body protection equipment, Gravis makes footwear, bags and apparel, Anon makes goggles and optics for riders, and finally Analog makes clothing such as snow jackets and pants, as well as street wear.
		Burton is also the name of a menswear retailer in the UK (part of the Arcadia Group).
		Burton Snowboards, the world's first snowboard factory, is a pure snowboard company solely dedicated to creating and perfecting a full-range of the best snowboarding equipment on the planet.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Jake-Burton (1571 words)

	Burton (Snowsports) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Burton has not gained universal acclaim amongst all snowboarders, some cite the company's saturation of the market and trendy designs as serious shortcomings.
		Burton is often referred to as "The Nike of snowboarding." Nonetheless, it must be noted that Burton is still rider-owned and independent.
		It is interesting to note that Jake Burton once commented that the future of snowboarding was not in freestyle, but in race boards.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Burton_(Snowsports) (309 words)

	Interview with Jake Burton Carpenter on snowboard.mountainzone.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Jake Burton Carpenter has embodied the sport of snowboarding since its humble backcountry beginnings in the '70s.
		Jake is often considered the "inventor" of snowboarding.
		Jake graduated NYU in May 1977 with a degree in economics.
	snowboard.mountainzone.com /interviews/2000/burton/html (1019 words)

	Top of XHTML Frameset Template (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Jake was born in New York City on April 29th, 1954 and spent many years of his childhood in Cedarhurst, New York.
		Jake feels that one of the keys to his success and to the success of Burton was Jakes push to make snowboarding a sport.
		Jake was surprised with the results of this small business that once originated in the backwoods of a rural Vermont town.
	pubpages.unh.edu /~mwclark/JakeBurton.html (1197 words)

	Jake Burton Professional Drummer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Jake Burton began drumming "formally" at the age of 7, although he had a drum kit as early as age three.
		Jake has also worked out of many drumming books at home and gives credit to this as another major area of study.
		Jake Burton plays all genres of music, but is partial to jazz, rock, and funk.
	www.jakeburtonprofessionaldrummer.com (277 words)

	Boarding By Jake
		Jake, as he is simply and universally known, was 14 years old when he first mounted the classic toy Snurfer and slammed into a tree, breaking his finger.
		Jake's fire for surfing on snow was rekindled nine years later in 1977, when the impulsive 23-year-old traded a job in Manhattan to chase a dream in the hills of Vermont.
		Burton's Mission bindings are heaven for tweakers, thanks to a forward-lean adjuster you can change on the fly and a customizable high-back for optimal stiffness.
	www.skiingmag.com /skiing/feature/article/0,12910,427079,00.html (1366 words)

	How I did it: Jake Burton
		Jake Burton is the founder of Burton Sno wboards, one of the first and most inno vative snowboard manufacturers in the world.
		Not cause the roads impassable or the heating can’t cope, but because Jake is Burton of Burton Snwboards, and both he and his employees swap jobs for their jibs and halfpipe spins.
		Burton remains at the forefront of snowboard design, and Jake has spent many a day in hardware stores and ski factories probing for ideas that are now industry standards.
	www.easymag.com /features/2004/nov/bizhow.html (1438 words)

	Transworld Snowboarding.com \| Snowbiz \| Jake Burton Chases Winter Across Six Continents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This year, Jake Burton and his family will be living the dream, embarking on a 10-month trip to snowboard all over the globe, covering six continents and following winter the whole way.
		Jake will be using the trip to get in touch with the sport on a global basis: visiting shops and riding mountains all over the world.
		Led by founder and owner Jake Burton, widely considered the pioneer of snowboarding, Burrton’s passion is snowboarding - evident by their overriding mission to open snowboarding at every mountain resort.
	transworldsnowboarding.com /snow/snowbiz/article/0,13009,460975,00.html (669 words)

	Jake Burton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		His mother's death and his brothers previous death in Vietnam, (Jake's son is named after him) had huge effects on his work.
		Burton snowboards have now and have always been the leading snowboards.
		Burton Snowboards is the leading snowboard and snowboarding accessories manufactures in the world.
	www.enjoy.org /hstech/webclass03/spring/thompson/burton/index.htm (299 words)

	snowboard history
		Jake Burton Carpenter moved to Vermont in the beginning to work on the snurfer.
		Jake Burton had a vision as he worked in his garage workshop, to bring snowboarding to the world.
		Burton Snowboards headquarters is in Vermont, they manufacture two-thirds more snowboards than any other snowboard company in the world and in snowboard history.
	www.snowboard-guide.com /snowboard-history.html (306 words)

	Jake Burton - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Jake Burton is (arguably) the father of the modern snowboard (disputed
		His company is now one of the most famous and popular snowboard companies in the world.
		One day when Jake was riding lunch trays on a snowy slope at his college, he decided it was a good idea to create something that simulated this, on a much larger scale.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Jake_Burton (152 words)

	Burton History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Burton is the epidemy of snowboarding and accepts nothing better than the best.
		Jake was required to work and operate a business that was new, and due to his results, Burton is a very successful global competitor
		Burton also always has a clearance sale on the previous years models starting the first week of august so be sure to check these out next year.
	pubpages.unh.edu /~sweezey/burton.html (1144 words)

	ViaMichelin Magazine
		If one man revolutionised winter sports, it has to be Jake Burton, the American who developed the snowboard exactly 25 seasons ago.
		Burton is the sort of boss who thinks that he should have fun, too, spending at least 100 days a year out on the slopes.
		Twenty-five years on, Burton is delighted that snowboarding is no longer the preserve of the young, describing it as "totally democratic.
	www.viamichelin.com /viamichelin/gbr/tpl/mag3/art20030101/htm/int_burton.htm (635 words)

	Vermont Chamber of Commerce \| Born to Ride: The History of Snowboarding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In the mid-60s, Jake Burton was one of thousands of kids to get hooked on Sherman Poppen's Snurfer, the earliest commercial form of the modern snowboard.
		At Burton, riders are involved in every step of the product development process, and the designers heard that edgeless wooden boards did not cut it for riding in all types of snow.
		In the beginning, Jake Burton's toll-free customer service line rang in his bedroom at all hours of night, as Jake took down orders from snowboarders across the country.
	www.vtchamber.com /shopping/order.html (502 words)

	Business People Vermont article: Burton Snowboards
		Jake Burton knows his intense involvement in snowboarding keeps him in touch with those who really keep Burton Snowboards in Burlington alive: the riders.
		Burton's optimism can be attributed to his youth and to a couple of early forays into the business world.
		Burton is less interested in hiring hot-shot businesspeople than in finding those who share his enthusiasm for riding.
	www.vermontguides.com /2000/8-aug/aug1.htm (2037 words)

	Snowboarding is hot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Jake Burton Carpenter, founder of Burton Snowboards, shows an early model (right) and one of his newest snowboards (left) in his office in Burlington, Vt.
		Burton sells boards in more than 35 countries, has offices in Japan and Austria, and claims an estimated 25 percent to 30 percent of the expanding snowboarding market.
		Burton has gone from being the punk of the hills to the industry standard, with Mr.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2002/04/14/fin_snowboarding_is_hot.html (1145 words)

	"Ma" Boyle and Jake Burton Carpenter Among Inductees to Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gertrude (Gert) Boyle, Columbia Sportswear; Jake Burton Carpenter, Burton Snowboards; and Patrick Galyan, Galyan's, are the newest winners of this special honor.
		Jake Burton Carpenter has dedicated the past 25 years of his life to snowboarding.
		In 1977, Jake founded Burton Snowboards in South Londonderry, Vermont -- an event that is generally recognized as the birth of modern day snowboarding.
	www.firsttracksonline.com /news/stories/103715514547939.shtm (780 words)

	Burton - eBags
		Jake Burton isn't the patron saint of snowboarding, he's just a guy who started making snowboards and never stopped.
		In 1977, Jake went to Vermont and began Burton Snowboards in Londonderry.
		Burton Snowboards' backpacks are as comfortable as they are convenient, from holding your board to holding your supplies for a day of riding and chillin' mountainside.
	www.ebags.com /burton_snowboards/brand_search/index.cfm?brandid=629 (249 words)

	Meet Jake : K-5 Board Shop
		BURTON SNOWBOARDS - RAVEN 152, BURTON SNOWBOARDS - RAVEN 156, BURTON SNOWBOARDS - RAVEN 159, BURTON SNOWBOARDS - RAVEN 163
		BURTON SNOWBOARDS - VAPOR 157, BURTON SNOWBOARDS - VAPOR 160
		BURTON SNOWBOARDS - CHOPPER 90, BURTON SNOWBOARDS - CHOPPER 101, BURTON SNOWBOARDS - CHOPPER 111, BURTON SNOWBOARDS - CHOPPER 121, BURTON SNOWBOARDS - CHOPPER 126, BURTON SNOWBOARDS - CHOPPER 131
	www.k5.com /page.asp?itemid=250 (2519 words)

	volvo ispo-sportsdesign - Jake Burton Carpenter
		Jake Burton Carpenter doesn't claim to have invented the snowboard.
		Today Burton Snowboards is still market leader in the most countries and one of the most accepted brands in sports general.
		Burton Snowboards was the first winter sports company with a complete range and also communitcation tools (including seperate catalogue and website) for women.
	www.ispo-sportsdesign.com /english/forum/presenters05/jakeburton (158 words)

	Burton Snow Gear :: Top Winter Brands :: Brands :: Hansen Surfboards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Jake was named after a great uncle John Burton ('a real character'), who lived in his hometown.
		"I was into it." It has helped that Jake has gone more than a mile in ski boots; the sharing of acreage, technology and enthusiasts has gone a long way to maintain the compatibility between skiing and snowboarding.
		When Jake's wife-to-be, Donna (who unintentionally became an important part of the business), came to live with him in Vermont, the garage business was beginning to fill the house.
	www.hansensurf.com /Burton-Snow-Gear.html (1707 words)

	My Extended Family - pafg65 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Euel Esten BURTON [Parents] was born on 27 Oct 1916 in Pulaski Co Ky. He died on 19 Nov 1981 in Louisville Ky. Euel Esten BURTON married Mary PRYTHER.
		Olen Greene BURTON [Parents] was born on 16 Feb 1912 in Pulaski Co Ky. He died on 18 Nov 1981 in Cincinnati Ohio Bethesda Hosp.
		Delmar R BURTON [Parents] was born on 11 Jun 1902 in Pulaski Co Ky. He died in 1981 in Pulaski Co Ky. Delmar R BURTON married Anone V. Onnie BURTON on 24 Feb 1921 in Pulaski Co. Kentucky.
	www.jontay.com /turpinfamily/pafg65.htm (279 words)

	.: JAKE REICHBART GUITARIST WEBSITE :.
		Born in Goteborg, Sweden, April 2, 1964, Jake has lived in Winnipeg, Tel Aviv and Amsterdam before settling in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1991.
		Jake has enrolled in the Rimon School of Music, Tel Aviv 1985-1987, which features the same study program as the Berklee School of Music.
		In 1989, Jake Joined Thijs Van Leer, leader of legendary Dutch band "Focus", to perform with him in Holland.
	www.jakereichbart.com /bio.htm (640 words)

	HISTORY
		It was pioneered in the late 70's by a small group including Jake Burton Carpenter, Chuck Barfoot, and Tom Sims.
		As it turns out Jake Burton was involved in snurfer racing, a gag event put on by a group of bored college students.
		Burton set up shop at Stratton Mountain in Vermont and by 1985 had incorporated steel edges and high-back bindings into his designs.
	www.actionsportsvideos.com /histsurf.html (1992 words)

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