Monday, November 13, 2017







burton



aw :' jake just passed away





donna carpenter attended columbia university before transfering to williams college where she would eventually meet jake burton carpenter just as he was inventing burton snowboards:




'Plus, she's a badass. You’ll catch her on the slopes on any given night or day, trying new moves as well as splitboarding (hiking up a mountain, clicking the board together, and snowboarding down). Which makes sense, because she's fearless in and out of the boardroom. Her secret? Find something you’re passionate about and turn it into a career. “I’m convinced that snowboarding makes the world a better place,” she told me. And, I believe her.'













does jake know about mizpah ?








williams college blessing of the animals:









burton snowboards sustainability:




'Six years ago, when European brands pushed for transparency in their production, Burton went all in, too, and now boasts one of the highest percentages of bluesign-approved softgoods in the industry.'





'The Switzerland-based organization, officially known as Bluesign Technologies AG, provides independent auditing of textile mills, examining manufacturing processes from raw materials and energy inputs to water and air emissions outputs. Each component is assessed based on its ecotoxicological impact.'











leatherized accsessory snowboarding declining in popularity as veganism grows




oh




now it seems snowboarding (light blue)  increased the last 2 years 😀









'Most of our products are made with synthetic leather, rather than real leather.'




- burton snowboards 'is this product vegan'





snowboarding sales were up 13% in 2018 !








kurt told me he was playing tennis indoors at the lansing chapman rink once (around the late 1970s around the time donna carpenter was there) and one of the williams women who was also playing tennis said if the men could take their shirts off she was going to take her shirt off too - and then she did !









*the golden age





we had a fun 6th grade class with ms allen and ms loomis










williamstown middle school





we were allowed to imitate wwf wrestling and we had a table saw and carpentry tools even though we were only about 11 years old




i made an aircraft carrier and a battleship but the battleship didn't really look like one and wound up being disassembled with the main board being attached to a pair of children's skates in a failed attempt at making a skate board for riding on ice




that winter 1975, there was a hard freeze causing the snow on the taconic golf course 9 th hole hill to freeze extra hard causing a number of skiers to break their skis








9th hole








200 water street



someone had also tried to slide down the hill with one of the college cafeteria's lunch trays



attaching the broken front half of the broken ski to the battleship after removing the skates proved enjoyable, so i decided to reach beyond myself and add a layer of carpet for traction



it still needed something, and i found it with the corner of the lunch tray








my classmate raymond had a skateboard that had like a lever on the back he could step back on to turn easier









ray founded icarus creative media ?




the lunch tray broke correctly and the part was added in imitation of ray's skateboard




it took a whole winter of trying but eventually i was able to ride it a little ways down the hill before falling off, then i started getting used to it and learned to turn by leaning back on the lip of the lunch tray, which would raise the front of the board making it easy to pivot left and right








ray's skateboard was tan









the next winter was one of my happiest even though i was tormented horribly at school, because i became pretty good at riding my ski board, and it remains one of the most exhilarating experiences of my life swerving down the hill like a zephyr !








my friend joe made a board and learned how to ride it really well and one day as joe was riding down i was climbing to the top of the hill a cross country skier asked if he could see my board




joe might remember he was climbing up the hill while i was talking to skier and didn't get to meet him if i remember correctly




joe and his brother and i used to get into horrible 3 combatant fights but the next day we'd be friends again




...




so it is like 4 years after i started this blog post and jake has passed away and i am going to add some things i didn't want to say earlier




joe was walking up the hill and heard when jake asked me why i was better at riding the ski board than joe, and i felt a sinking feeling because joe was very competitive and tho he was two years younger than me or his brother, he always tried to beat us at sports and often did, so when jake said that i knew joe was going to be really pissed 




then, and i didn't want to say this because i really didn't want to hurt jake's feelings if i did...well, probably the people who knew jake would agree...the real reason we have snowboarding now at almost every ski resort in the world was because jake was a new yorker




i knew jake was from new york when i was talking to him - he didn't have an accent - because at the time new yorkers were famous for being...well i guess i should just come out and say it: - pushy !!! - which in this case was exactly what was needed to create and share the really exhilarating sport of snowboarding




he kept wanting to come to dad's house to talk with him and i had to tell him 'no' 2 or 3 times before he let it go




if you want to know why, i had to say the same to barb, tho i really wanted her and liked her



 






joe will remember the fight we had that day because it was the first time - i was 2 years older than joe - he ever got the better of me so i know he remembers - that - anyway ! 😄






lindsay reports that whistler, british columbia is now vegan snowboarder friendly :









the cross country skier was wearing one of what were at the time burton ski jackets which were very colorful he said his name but i didn't hear him clearly and thought he might be jim bouton, but he pointed to the collar of his jacket where the "b" was located and said he made ski jackets








jake burton carpenter




burton snowboards fb




i told jake burton that all the cool kids at my school had burton jackets - they were really nice looking jackets - and he asked me why i didn't have one and i had to confess i wasn't a cool kid




i have a picture on my fb of a burlington coat factory jacket that looks very similar to the old burton jackets i'll try to find it








bretsammy s, sarah p, andy k and scott s had them they were on the mt greylock ski team and they may have been the cool kids just because of the jackets which actually made them look cool




joe is fire investigator for the north adams, mass fire dept ?








joe once singed his eyebrows trying to...maybe i shouldn't say !




jake burton asked me why i didn't have bindings and a few other things then told me there might be some money in it








thinking he wanted to market what i thought was an invention, i had a strange epiphany and told him that if he could make money with it he should just go ahead and use the idea










farmington maine's seth wescott won the gold medal in the 2006 winter olympics in the snowboard cross in vancouver and again in 2010 in torino




i didn't know at the time i met mr burton that there was an invention just like the board created years earlier called the snurfer and mr burton had been competing - and winning - snurfer competitions for years until i wrote to burton snowboards back in ...2003 and later googling the history of snowboarding









sherman poppen's snurfer









movie 'made in the mitten'  the origins of snowboarding 




13 year old vern wicklund modified a sled deck in cloquet, minnesota and with his relatives harvey and gunnar burgeson, patented the first snowboard in 1939








vern wicklund's " bunker " board




who knew you could enter yearly snurfer competitions in 1976 ?




there are many aguments about who invented snowboarding but it might have been invented in turkey













but i did mention the lever like back part of the board as being very important and if you go to the burton website you'll see some of their early boards had a definite rising tail









flip tail boards circa ' girls just wanna have fun '









simms - burton feud fueled snowboarding 's competitive origin ?




whether it mattered or not, the epiphany not to be possessive about the board in hopes it would  lead to millions enjoying the blissful whoosh of easily riding a board down a hill in a much easier and safer fashion than skiing came true and has remained a valuable lifelong lesson which has helped me avoid the many pitfalls of greed awaiting each of us like a patch of ice hidden by snow









vegan stuffed shells




 who can say why i ran in to one of the pioneering founders of the sport around the time he began his company ...




...is it part of a story that shouldn't be owned or something as intriguing as a public fate ?




back to story













burton pioneered snowboarding and gender equality



























































                                  ~



williams college annual mountain day









"Mountain Day dates back to at least 1838, when the students of Mount Holyoke College headed of to Mount Holyoke. [1] Smith College declared its Mountain Day in 1877.[2] Juanita College established its Mountain Day in 1896.[3] and Williams College students have been climbing Mount Greylock, the highest mountain in Massachusetts, to celebrate Mountain Day since the 1800s.[4] "




burton ceo donna carpenter transferred to williams college at the end of her sophmore year at columbia university












climb to glory






































vegan snowboarding boots prices








clever horse plays dead to keep from being ridden




"According to a survey, more than a fourth of U.S. Millennials consider the label "vegan" as an important factor for purchasing food products. "


































- huffington post april 3rd, 2013








  • veganism is growing rapidly in ireland and the uk also




7.5 million vegans 6 million snowboarders in 2012 




"Interest in a plant-based diet, also championed by Jared Leto, Gwyneth Paltrow and Mike Tyson, has grown in recent years as studies show it is beneficial for heart health and even lowers the risk of some ."






























...september 2008 a month and a half after her husband's song got me to quit smoking 8 years after i was told evil would be destroyed if i quit smoking





" The revenues for Goop, which features weekly newsletters with Paltrow's advice on living your best life as well as an online shop, have more than doubled from 2015 to 2016 "




- by Christine Birkner in Adweek April 20th, 2017








vegetarian and vegan ski holidays july 24,  2013








































jiminy peak has 4 ev charging stations 








zephyr, jiminy peaks wind turbine provides up to half of the ski resort's electrical needs


















jiminy peak at night













snowtunnel









it is unclear who the writer of  the bell tower times actually is but it may be aussie comedian andrew macdonald




the worst of perth




cathy thomas-bryant meets the bell tower times




if you too would rather create something amazing instead of playing call of booty 2 till your mom kicks in the door or trying to matched bet trump vs mueller - here for your competitive smack writing challenge and enjoyment is cathy thomas bryant with cathy's comps and calls showcasing online writing competitions with prizes featured with notorious brit elan






















1/4 of the tennessee tians are vegan














burton fights the deniers









mysteriously missing notebooks




red gerard wins 2018 snowboard slopestyle olympic gold medal









chloe kim wins gold in half pipe








beach boarding ?



oh, it is a power wheel




the today show did a really nice story on the 10th mountain division and the ski and snowboard industry yesterday, sunday february 24 2019

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