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BURTON SNOWBOARDS’ COMPANY PROFILE
Burton Snowboards, the world’s first snowboard factory, is a rider-driven company solely
dedicated to creating the best snowboarding equipment on the planet. Burton’s passion is
snowboarding, evident by their commitment to involve riders in every step of the product
development process. Headquartered in Burlington, Vermont with international offices in
Innsbruck, Austria and Tokyo, Japan, Burton has lead the snowboard industry for 26 years.
By supporting a Global Team of the world’s top riders, Burton Snowboards has fueled the growth
of snowboarding worldwide. Their support and development of successful programs like Learn To
Ride (LTR), The Chill Foundation, Free the Snow and the US Open Snowboarding
Championships has also contributed to snowboarding’s tremendous growth and exposure over
the years.
Jake Burton, founder and owner of Burton Snowboards, has dedicated the past 26 years of his
life to snowboarding. In 1977, Jake founded Burton Snowboards in South Londonderry, Vermont.
Through the years, he’s played a vital role in transitioning snowboarding from a backyard hobby
to a world-class sport. Deemed the ‘Pioneer of Snowboarding’, Jake just sees himself as
someone who loves to ride.
Just like everybody else who works at Burton, Jake comes to the office, snowboards as much as
possible and brings his dog to work if he feels like it. Burton employees play hard and work even
harder. Working for Burton is a 24/7 job – you work and live snowboarding everyday, before work,
after work, on the weekends and during many late nights at the office. Working long hours during
snowboarding season is the norm – but that doesn’t keep Burton employees from riding. All
Burton employees receive free season passes to Stowe Mountain Resort in Vermont, so there
are no excuses not to ride as much as possible. When the snow falls, people head to the
mountain at dawn, taking advantage of fresh snow before work. And if it dumps two feet or more,
a rare phenomenon in Vermont, the office shuts down so everyone can get to the mountain.
When it’s all said and done, everything we do at Burton orbits around riders. Our product
development process begins, ends and begins again with riders. We never stop innovating. We
never stop creating. And we never stop listening to snowboarders.
The above information is from the Burton Website!
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The History of Snowboarding in Europe!
The History of Snowboaring in Japan!
Burton Goes Global!
The History of Burton Snowboards' European Headquarters!
Burton Japan: The History of Burton Snowboards' Japanese Headquarters!
US Open Snowboarding Championships History Highlights!
Snowboarding and the Olympics!
Burton Snowboards Fact Sheet!
Burton Snowboards' Company Profile!
How Burton Snowboard Graphics Get Created!
Burton Manufacturing Center Factory Tour!
Frequently Asked Questions about Burton!
2004 Jake Burton Biography!
Snowboarding 101- Just the basics!
The above information is from the Burton Website!
