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 ...

Burton Snowboards, which is outfitting the U.S. snowboard team for the fourth consecutive Olympic Winter Games, took inspiration from the American space program for its 2018 competition uniforms ...

The prototype facility is where snowboards for Burton’s professional athletes are made. Workers take one-off snowboards through a long assembly process, and do small-batch production of items ...

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 ...

You might think it's too good to be true, but this is the life of Jake Burton. At 57 years old, the widely successful snowboard tycoon is rarely seen without his signature ski uniform -- a skull ...

Jake Burton Carpenter, the founder of Burton Snowboards and a snowboarding trailblazer, is dead at the age of 65-years-old. The sport we know as snowboarding today simply wouldn’t exist without ...

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 ...

So the question looms: Did Burton Snowboards go too far with its Love and Primo boards, which feature designs of naked Playboy models and self-mutilation? Seven ski resorts across the country ...

Whether you’re just starting out on the bunny hill or have been slashing the quarter pipe each season, the best time to shop for snowboarding gear is right now — during the offseason.