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Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story

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An irreverent entrepreneur overcomes a series of adversities to create a new sport- and unexpectedly launches a global cultural phenomenon: snowboarding.
Director
Fernando Villena
Year
2021
Genre
documentary, sport
Box Office
$552
Production
Red Bull Media House,HBO Sports
Awards
1 win & 2 nominations
Homepage
https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/dear-rider

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- If you ask them very nicely to leave, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:28
- If you ask them very nicely to leave,
- Stratton at this point is probably more interested-- - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:13
- Stratton at this point is probably more interested--
- But these resorts, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:12
- But these resorts,
[exciting music] - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:40
[exciting music]
We didn't know what the hell we were doing, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:07
We didn't know what the hell we were doing,
My first impression was, "The guy is crazy. - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:12
My first impression was, "The guy is crazy.
Maybe you're gonna help me." - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:17
Maybe you're gonna help me."
We're gonna start Burton Europe." - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:06
We're gonna start Burton Europe."
I'm so happy that I could meet Hermann - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:05
I'm so happy that I could meet Hermann
People like Dimitrije Milovich in Utah, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:16
People like Dimitrije Milovich in Utah,
- Whatever animosity there was between Tom and Jake, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:29
- Whatever animosity there was between Tom and Jake,
[tape whirring] - Let's get back to basics. - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:17
[tape whirring] - Let's get back to basics.
- We were definitely just so much more driven - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:06
- We were definitely just so much more driven
I would say those guys were having fun on the East Coast, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:05
I would say those guys were having fun on the East Coast,
- We were coming out of a ski racing tradition. - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:07
- We were coming out of a ski racing tradition.
[crowd cheering] - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:20
[crowd cheering]
Tom Sims showed up with some photographers. - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:14
Tom Sims showed up with some photographers.
- I'm Tom Sims and I invented ski-boarding 18 years ago - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:06
- I'm Tom Sims and I invented ski-boarding 18 years ago
- Sims saying he invented the sport, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:13
- Sims saying he invented the sport,
You might find a lot of people out there that claim to have - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:06
You might find a lot of people out there that claim to have
- Come on, Jake! - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:05
- Come on, Jake! - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
[crowd cheering] - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:07
[crowd cheering]
- Jake grew up in the ski world, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:15
- Jake grew up in the ski world,
The kings and the queens, let's say, are the contests. - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:04
The kings and the queens, let's say, are the contests.
Jake had the U.S. Open, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:13
Jake had the U.S. Open,
- Fins were coming off the board. - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:13
- Fins were coming off the board.
- The Burton team showed up, they all had speed suits on - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:26
- The Burton team showed up, they all had speed suits on
- "Terry, we're gonna give you - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:22
- "Terry, we're gonna give you
He was like, "That guy knows - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:12
He was like, "That guy knows
- Craig Kelly rode with Sims, and he clearly had style. - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:36
- Craig Kelly rode with Sims, and he clearly had style.
Tom's sittin' there saying, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:12
Tom's sittin' there saying,
I need to license the name." - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:27
I need to license the name."
One of the things Craig said to Jake directly was, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:57
One of the things Craig said to Jake directly was,
- And then we appealed the whole thing, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:37
- And then we appealed the whole thing,
And thanks again to Sims - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:06
And thanks again to Sims
And thanks to the Ninth District Court of Appeals - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:05
And thanks to the Ninth District Court of Appeals
[cheers and applause] - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:15
[cheers and applause]
- He would go dark sometimes and get super frustrated. - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:07
- He would go dark sometimes and get super frustrated.
- So competitive, would never take no as an answer. - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:05
- So competitive, would never take no as an answer.
- Sorry, you guys. I mean, I get too, uh-- - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:09
- Sorry, you guys. I mean, I get too, uh--
- Once snowboarding started to hit critical mass, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:10
- Once snowboarding started to hit critical mass,
Bob Weber had the foresight - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:34
Bob Weber had the foresight
- It's a good, savvy business move, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:31
- It's a good, savvy business move,
- Biggest PR fuckup of my life. - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:15
- Biggest PR fuckup of my life.
He would bring the mattress down to the living room - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:09
He would bring the mattress down to the living room
- Now we're driving down the road. - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:04
- Now we're driving down the road.
Here we are. You got the little barn, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:04
Here we are. You got the little barn,
- Really nice to have those many years together - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:06
- Really nice to have those many years together
- You take a left. I take right. - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:04
- You take a left. I take right.
Ultratron dish, commonly known as the Vermont state flower. - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:05
Ultratron dish, commonly known as the Vermont state flower.
With this apparatus, you can watch football games - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:13
With this apparatus, you can watch football games
- I started out working in this shop - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:14
- I started out working in this shop
When I first started, Jake was super intimidating. - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:17
When I first started, Jake was super intimidating.
And the ski side people are wearing ties - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:05
And the ski side people are wearing ties
And then you went to the snowboard side, dude, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:05
And then you went to the snowboard side, dude,
[crowd talking, cheering] - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:10
[crowd talking, cheering]
- And all of a sudden, skiing was stale - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:07
- And all of a sudden, skiing was stale
- That's when the ski companies started - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:22
- That's when the ski companies started
- Everyone was pro partying, going apeshit. - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:04
- Everyone was pro partying, going apeshit.
- I drank a lot of Jack Daniel's last night, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:05
- I drank a lot of Jack Daniel's last night,
[tense music] - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:06
[tense music]
[giggling] - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:09
[giggling]
- Well, snowboarding's gonna keep growing, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:07
- Well, snowboarding's gonna keep growing,
- We started to have kids in the '90s. - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:05
- We started to have kids in the '90s.
[laughing] - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:10
[laughing]
Closest next of kin was at the scene. - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:04
Closest next of kin was at the scene.
- Our family was getting bigger - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:09
- Our family was getting bigger
- The company was trying to mature, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:05
- The company was trying to mature,
You worked hard and you play hard, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:07
You worked hard and you play hard,
- Those kids, I learned so much from them. - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:28
- Those kids, I learned so much from them.
- Right around then is when - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:12
- Right around then is when
- Ah! - [yells] - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:38
- Ah! - [yells]
That unites us all. - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:23
That unites us all.
- What I love about snowboarding is, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:09
- What I love about snowboarding is,
- To do what I feel like doin' - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:11
- To do what I feel like doin'
- Snowboarding to me is freedom. - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:04
- Snowboarding to me is freedom.
[atmospheric bass music] - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:21
[atmospheric bass music]
The top, the base, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:27
The top, the base,
- Snowboarding's got so much attitude - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:15
- Snowboarding's got so much attitude
Which was, to traditional design, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:23
Which was, to traditional design,
- We took a page from Madonna's sex book - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:05
- We took a page from Madonna's sex book
We scratched it out and replaced it - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:08
We scratched it out and replaced it
- A lot of resorts, they just said, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:07
- A lot of resorts, they just said,
You know, you gotta live sort of on the edge - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:06
You know, you gotta live sort of on the edge
- It was freaking full-on - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:09
- It was freaking full-on
That confluence of music, art, sport, life, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:11
That confluence of music, art, sport, life,
[Biz Markie's "Bodyrock"] - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:07
[Biz Markie's "Bodyrock"]
The top riders are here today to show us, you, the people, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:15
The top riders are here today to show us, you, the people,
- ♪ Coming right out of your speakers ♪ - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:38
- ♪ Coming right out of your speakers ♪
Network television was like, "How can we cash in?" - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:07
Network television was like, "How can we cash in?"
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An irreverent entrepreneur overcomes a series of adversities to create a new sport- and unexpectedly launches a global cultural phenomenon: snowboarding.

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Director: Fernando Villena
Writer: N/A
Production: Red Bull Media House,HBO Sports
Genre: documentary, sport
Year: 2021
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 7.7
BoxOffice: $552
Released: 09 Nov 2021
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations
Homepage: https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/dear-rider

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