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    Burton organizes fourth A Day for Jake snowboarding festival

    2023-03-07T14:13:00Z

    For the fourth time, Burton is inviting snowboarders across the globe and in eight participating winter sports resorts in Europe to celebrate the legacy of Burton’s founder Jake Burton Carpenter (who passed away in November 2019). In-person or digital activities are planned for March 11, 2023 in the respective resorts ...

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    March 13 is “A Day for Jake”

    2020-02-28T08:28:00Z

    To celebrate the memory and legacy of Jake Burton Carpenter, the first-ever global “A Day for Jake” will take place on Friday, Mar 13, 2020. Jake died on Nov 20 of last year from complications related to cancer. Thirteen winter sports resorts in Austria, France, the USA, Canada, Switzerland, Italy ...

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    John Lacy becomes sole CEO of Burton

    2020-02-26T14:32:00Z

    (SGI) Burton Snowboards announced that John Lacy will be the company’s sole chief executive. He has shared this role over the past 18 months with Donna Carpenter, who will now take over the position of chairperson of Burton’s board of directors from her late husband and company founder, Jake Burton ...