Carpenter was not the inventor of the snowboard ... was then called a “Snurfer,” the 23-year-old entrepreneur, then known only as Jake Burton, quit his job in Manhattan, moved back to Vermont ...

The first known instance came in 1917, when 13-year-old Vern Wicklund stood on ... from Long Island credited with coining “snowboarding,” created Burton Boards one year later. " ...

If you love snowboarding and you're a space nerd the 2018 Winter Olympics are for you. Burton Snowboards released the official U.S. snowboard team uniforms for the upcoming Winter Olympics in ...

The cause was complications of testicular cancer, his company, Burton Snowboards, which is based ... starting a landscaping business with two rakes, an old station wagon and some garbage bags.