RIP Jake Burton Carpenter

[bumpyride]

https://www.burton.com/blogs/the-burton-blog/remembering-jake-burton-carpenter/?fbclid=IwAR193Q8NX9UNezYUqrXwH_5BrxtntxaeIeVeXOyGnlfyoWygj_O7mcp5HKQ

[icebiker]

Thanks for sharing this article.  Learned a few things I didn’t know about him. 

[lordmetroland]

4 hours ago, barryj said:

Knee pads, spandex, stiff brick-o-block mountaineering boots,  Black Diamond/Patagonia jacket  and fleece.......Man,  what was I thinking!      Somewhere?? in CO

Now I know where Damien Sanders stole his style. Mystery solved!

[Lucasgo]

Backhill, Cruise, Kelley Extreme, PJ7 (the first one), Mystery. Those were the days, saving up from mowing lawns, driving up to the factory before the catalog even showed up. I even remember when they debuted the disc system, if you wrote him a letter with the calculation of possible stances they sent a handmade necklace of twine and a slice of a branch with a B burned on it. 

I'm still hanging on to my Alp 7.1 and ride it when I am looking to goof around. 

Thanks Jake. 

[softbootsurfer]

Thanks for Sharing this 

[bumpyride]

Was eventually going to mount this, but when I heard the news, it seemed like the thing to do.  My first foray into a Carving Boards and Hardboots.  My favorite Board of all time, plus it didn't hurt it was one of the most beautiful boards Burton made.  

Thanks to Jake Burton for giving me 29 years of winter fun, and also my first Step-In Bindings.