Jake Burton Carpenter (born April 29, 1954 in New York City), also known as Jake Burton, is an American snowboarder and founder of Burton Snowboards. He grew up in Cedarhurst, New York.
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“One was never married, and that’s his hell; another is, and that’s his plague.”
—Robert Burton (1577–1640)
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