Jake Burton

Known for

Acting

Born

April 29, 1954

Died

November 20, 2019 (aged 65)

Biography

Jake Burton Carpenter, also known as Jake Burton, was an American snowboarder and founder of Burton Snowboards and one of the inventors of the modern day snowboard. He grew up in Cedarhurst, New York.

Best known work

The Crash Reel

2013

Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story

2021

We Ride: The Story of Snowboarding

2013

For Right Or Wrong

2006

Life As A Movie

2008

Making Your Mark: The Snowboard Life of Mark McMorris

2014

Unbroken: The Snowboard Life of Mark McMorris

2018

Burton Snowboards - Chill

1989

Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today

2005

Filmography

2021
Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Unbroken: The Snowboard Life of Mark McMorris
2014
Making Your Mark: The Snowboard Life of Mark McMorris
2013
The Crash Reel
as Himself
2013
We Ride: The Story of Snowboarding
as Self
2008
Life As A Movie
as Pro Snowboarder
2006
For Right Or Wrong
as Himself
2005
Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today
Director
1989
Burton Snowboards - Chill
as Himself