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The Birthplace of Burton Snowboards

Windham County · Route 11 at the intersection of Route 100, Londonderry

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.

Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Vermont Division for Historic Preservation

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