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Founder of Burton Snowboards diagnosed with cancer

post #1 of 7
9/25/11 at 10:20am
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According to Unofficialnetworks, Jake Carpenter has been undergoing treatment for testicular cancer.  

http://unofficialnetworks.com/jake-burton-founder-burton-snowboards-diagnosed-cancer-43986/

 

 

In the closing of his letter to his employees he types......

 

 

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The bad news is that I have cancer. The good news is that it is as curable as it gets. 
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In the meantime, the best thing you can do for me is to keep kicking ass the way you have been.

 

Thoughts and prayers go out to him for a full recovery.

 

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post #2 of 7
9/27/11 at 10:57am

Fuck cancer.

 

Hope Jake gets better, he's right: testicular cancer is supposed to be one of the most curable types.

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post #3 of 7
10/9/11 at 7:57pm

Might be Hodgekins....  very curable.  5 year prognosis is that 84% of patients with no complicating factors do not experience any progression of the disease

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post #4 of 7
11/30/11 at 11:35am

Well I truly hope this isn't the beginning of the end for Burton, They make such great boards I would hate for that to be it. Any thoughts on this?

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post #5 of 7
12/9/11 at 11:14am
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Originally Posted by tenpoun1 View Post

Well I truly hope this isn't the beginning of the end for Burton, They make such great boards I would hate for that to be it. Any thoughts on this?



Burton has 950 employees, I'm sure they'll be fine ;)

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post #6 of 7
12/15/11 at 4:54pm

Well if it's any comfort, its not stopping him from riding. He's already screwed up the RFID chip on his Stowe pass, and had to get a replacement one. Must mean he's out there on the mountain.

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post #7 of 7
12/28/11 at 7:07pm

Down with cancer. kick it's butt, Jake.

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