We talked with a snowboard follow-cam operator about how he got into the business and the dangers of filming while hitting 80-foot jumps.

The man known as "The Godfather of Snowboarding" died Wednesday at the age of 65. Jake Burton Carpenter brought the sport to the masses, through the company he founded.

VAIL — The Burton U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships will arrive at Vail Mountain in February, establishing a new home for the iconic event that has drawn the world’s best snowboarders to ...

VAIL — One of Jake Burton Carpenter’s earliest sales trips didn’t work out so great. He loaded up his station wagon with 30 freshly built snowboards.

At Burton’s Craig’s facility, the process of creating a snowboard is less like hand shaping a surfboard in a garage and more like engineering a new fairing for an F1 car. Notes on the Skeleton Key, ...

Max Parrot doesn’t play it safe—he likes to go big. In slopestyle qualifications for 2015 Burton U.S. Open in early March in Vail, Colo., Parrot could have avoided any risks with a simple ...

The Burton Cartel X Re:Flex were easily a top choice, as they were the most responsive men’s pair we tested. Even though these were some of the stiffest bindings we tried — which is perfect ...

FRISCO — Continuing the trend of modified man-made snow structures for elite snowboarding and freeski competitions, the Burton U.S. Open at Vail Mountain next month will feature a modified superpipe ...

Jake Burton Carpenter, the founder of Burlington-based Burton Snowboards, died Wednesday evening of complications from cancer, the company announced Thursday. He was 65.