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He was just a guy that was making these boards
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Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story

He was just a guythat was making these boards

He was just a guy
that was making these boards

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He was just a guy that was making these boards.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:35
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.
[Hugh Masekela's "Afro Beat Blues"] - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:12
[Hugh Masekela's "Afro Beat Blues"]
We just watched what he did. - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:09
We just watched what he did.
- There's a process, before we put the fins on - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:04
- There's a process, before we put the fins on
You have to dip the boards in polyurethane to seal 'em. - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:21
You have to dip the boards in polyurethane to seal 'em.
- They would blow marijuana through the hole, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:07
- They would blow marijuana through the hole,
- We were hiking these little hills around the factory. - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:11
- We were hiking these little hills around the factory.
- This one resort, Bromley, you could drive up - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:27
- This one resort, Bromley, you could drive up
- Suicide Six in Woodstock, Vermont, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:06
- Suicide Six in Woodstock, Vermont,
They would take a picnic bench and bury it in the snow, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:07
They would take a picnic bench and bury it in the snow,
- It was a pretty crude contest, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:18
- It was a pretty crude contest,
- It was Jake inheriting that event - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:09
- It was Jake inheriting that event
- And then Stratton signed up to do the event. - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:09
- And then Stratton signed up to do the event.
Then we named the event - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:17
Then we named the event
- We are now in Japan 45,000, I don't know, 50,000. - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:06
- We are now in Japan 45,000, I don't know, 50,000.
- People could just post up right at the finish line - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:13
- People could just post up right at the finish line
- Women were always a big part of the community, - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:21
- Women were always a big part of the community,
[cheers and applause] - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:06
[cheers and applause]
- You figured out that getting ski resorts - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:22
- You figured out that getting ski resorts
We had to certify people, you know, 'cause he said - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:05
We had to certify people, you know, 'cause he said
Snowboarding was perceived as the antithesis of skiing. - Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story 00:08
Snowboarding was perceived as the antithesis of skiing.