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2. Burton Snowboards - Wikipedia

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   Burton Snowboards is a privately-owned snowboard manufacturing company that was founded by Jake Burton Carpenter in 1977. [2] [3] The company specializes in products aimed at snowboarders, such as snowboards, bindings, boots, outerwear, and accessories.

3. Burt Retractable Bindings - Wikipedia

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   In the case of a binding release, the cable prevented the ski from running away down the hill, a task normally accomplished with a ski brake. The spring would then automatically pull the ski back to the user and, if properly aligned, reconnect it. [2] [3] [5] The system, like all plate bindings, had a number of disadvantages.

4. Jake Burton Carpenter - Wikipedia

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   Jake Burton Carpenter (April 29, 1954 – November 20, 2019), occasionally also known as Jake Burton or Jakie, was an American snowboarder, founder of Burton Snowboards, and one of the inventors of the modern day snowboard. A native of New York, he grew up in Cedarhurst, New York. [2]

5. Burton (retailer) - Wikipedia

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   Burton is a British online clothing retailer, former high street retailer and clothing manufacturer, specialising in men's clothing and footwear. The company was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, but became a trading name of Arcadia Group Brands Ltd, part of the Arcadia Group.

6. Authenticity (reenactment) - Wikipedia

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   According to Mr. Burton K. Kummerow, a member of "The Black Hats, CSA" reenactment group in the early 1960s, he first heard it used as a form of fake German to describe a fellow reenactor. The term was picked up by George Gorman of the 2nd North Carolina at the Centennial Manassas Reenactment in 1961, and has been used by reenactors ever since ...

7. Ski geometry - Wikipedia

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   Different geometry at skis for backcountry skiing (top), allmountain skis and piste skis for carve turns.. Ski geometry is the shape of the ski.Described in the direction of travel, the front of the ski, typically pointed or rounded, is the tip, the middle is the waist and the rear is the tail.