Smith, the outdoor eyewear and headwear maker, and Koroyd, one of Smith’s ingredient brand partners, filed a joint lawsuit in ...

After all, they keep you secure on the snowboard and allow you to maneuver freely to turn, jump and spin without worry. Just as Burton has been a top name in snowboard design for decades ...

Burton snowboards were first invented by Jake Burton Carpenter in 1977 in Burlington, Vermont, when he built a snowboard based on the Snurfer, a snow surfer invented in 1965. The first Burton ...

Jake Burton Carpenter would pen a letter to consumers on the first page of Burton Snowboards’ annual catalog. It always began with a familiar greeting: “Dear Rider…” As the founder and CEO ...

he built the first successful snowboard company. By Richard Sandomir Jake Burton Carpenter, whose once-modest plan to make 50 snowboards a day turned into something far bigger — a global ...

Jake Burton Carpenter, the snowboarding pioneer and founder of Burton Snowboards, passed away from complications related to cancer. He was 65. The company announced Carpenter’s death on Thursday ...