The Birthplace of Burton Snowboards

The Birthplace of Burton Snowboards is a Vermont historical marker in Londonderry, Windham County.

Route 11 at the intersection of Route 100, Londonderry

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In 1977, Jake Burton Carpenter and a small team of Londonderry residents created the first Burton Snowboards in a small shop just down the road on Main Street. From its humble beginnings in Londonderry, snowboarding grew from a backyard hobby to one of the world’s most popular winter sports. Today, Vermont remains the home of Burton Snowboards and many of snowboarding’s historical milestones, such as acceptance at ski areas and becoming a Winter Olympic sport.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1823 · Vermont (Carey, 1823) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1832 · New Hampshire (A. Finley, 1832) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1841 · Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Railroad and post office map of Vermont (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1894 · Londonderry, Vermont (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Vermont (Carey, 1823), 1823, covering the location of The Birthplace of Burton Snowboards, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Vermont (Carey, 1823), 1823, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Vermont Division for Historic Preservation

The Birthplace of Burton Snowboards

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