The total investments of my landscaping business were an old family station wagon, two rakes and some garbage/leaf bags. During my last semester of high school, I moved back to New York for an independent study program (at project Head Start) and started a landscaping business on the side. Graduated from Marvelwood as the valedictorian of my class. My dad turned out to be the best single dad ever after my mom passed. She was my last line of defense between me and my dad (who never hit me, but I never lived up to his expectations). My mother, Katherine ‘Kitty’ Carpenter died (leukemia) of a broken heart from losing her son. My memories revolve around physical activities such as going up to Mohawk Mountain, Snurfing around campus or simply playing pick-up touch football or basketball. At this point in my life, I flipped a switch and became the consummate overachiever. Started attending the Marvelwood School (known as a ‘second chance’ boarding school) which was in Cornwall, CT at the time. He was our founder, the soul of snowboarding, the one who gave us the sport we all love so much.Ī few months prior, Jake started to compile a timeline of the most important events of his life in his own words. My thoughts are with Donna, her children and extended family, and the entire Burton team.” Burton Snowboards Statementīurton founder Jake Burton Carpenter passed away peacefully on Novemas a result of complications from recurring cancer.
I had the privilege of meeting and working with Jake during my time as Mayor, and I always appreciated the warmth, curiosity, and optimism that he brought to every room he entered. Both the sport and the company that Jake built have contributed greatly to the success and character of modern Burlington. “Today, the City mourns the loss of one of its great entrepreneurs and creative spirits. “My thoughts and sympathy are with his family, friends, community and the entire Burton organization.”īurlington Mayor Miro Weinberger released the following statement: We are forever grateful for his contributions to Vermont and snow sports around the world. From snowboarders being chased from the slopes to Olympic gold medals being placed around their necks, Jake led the way and changed winter as we know it. “It takes millions of years to move mountains, but Jake Burton Carpenter was able to do it in a single lifetime. Governor Phil Scott today issued the following statement: He was a visionary, and Marcelle and I will miss him dearly." "Jake valued community, and I know that legacy will carry on in all those who called him a friend, a mentor, a husband and a father. And it will stand as the reminder of his friendship and his enduring love for our state. It will stand as a reminder of his fierce dedication to address the emerging crisis of climate change and not only what it meant to the future of sport he held so dear, but to his children’s futures. Marcelle and I will keep it there as a reminder of Jake’s generosity to his employees and his community, which was exemplified by the annual, open celebration he and Donna threw at their own home. "Hanging in my office is one of the early, wooden “Burton Boards” that are now so iconic to the sport. "Marcelle and I join all Vermonters in mourning the loss of Jake Burton Carpenter. Statement of Senator Leahy (D-Vermont) on the passing of Jake Burton Carpenter: Burton served a pivotal role in growing snowboarding from a backyard hobby to a world-class sport by creating groundbreaking products, supporting the world's best riders, and pushing more resorts to allow snowboarding." Seven Days: Jake Burton Carpenter, Father of Snowboarding, Dies at 65Īccording to the Website: "Jake Burton Carpenter founded Burton Snowboards out of his Vermont barn back in 1977, and has dedicated his life to snowboarding ever since. Olympian Tiger Shaw also was inducted that year. The museum added snowboarding to its name in December 2010. Jake and Donna Carpenter were, of course, the first snowboarders inducted into the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum Hall of Fame.
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The full statement from Burton Snowboards is below. Co-CEO John Lacy, who runs the company with Carpenter's wife Donna Carpenter, sent an email to employees Thursday morning announcing his death. He also had suffered other medical issues along the way. He had informed Burton staff earlier in November that his cancer from 2011 had returned. Carpenter was hospitalized last week at the UVM Medical Center in Burlington for an upper respiratory ailment.
Burton created the sport and became its most visible brand. Carpenter used "Burton" to honor his mother's mother when forming the company in the 1970s. Carpenter is the founder of Burton Snowboards based in Burlington. Vermont Business Magazine Several news sources are reporting that Jake Burton Carpenter died Wednesday evening.
Burton Snowboards photo of Jake Burton Carpenter in 1981.
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