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Bob Weber had the foresight

Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story

Bob Weber had the foresight to patent a snowboardat some point. Jake had the most to...

Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story • 2021

Bob Weber had the foresight to patent a snowboard
at some point. Jake had the most to lose,
had that patent emerged into more nefarious hands. - So I had to buy it. But part of the appeal was
this was an opportunity to fuck Sims. - Get a letter
from the Burton Corporation that, you know, "You're gonna
have to pay us money because we own the patent
for snowboarding." It threw a whole, like, panic into a lot of small companies

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Bob Weber had the foresight

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to patent a snowboard at some point.

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Jake had the most to lose, had that patent emerged

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into more nefarious hands.

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- So I had to buy it.

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But part of the appeal was this was an opportunity

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to fuck Sims.

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- Get a letter from the Burton Corporation

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that, you know, "You're gonna have to pay us money

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because we own the patent for snowboarding."

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It threw a whole, like, panic

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into a lot of small companies.

Duration

34 seconds

Views

34

Timestamp in Movie

00:37:54

Uploaded

May 11, 2025

Genres

documentary, sport

Production

Red Bull Media House,HBO Sports

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Movie Summary

An irreverent entrepreneur overcomes a series of adversities to create a new sport- and unexpectedly launches a global cultural phenomenon: snowboarding.