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FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2018, file photo, Shaun White, of the United States, jumps during the men's halfpipe finals at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The Burton snowboard company is donating 500,000 respirator masks to hospitals across the Northeast, harnessing the company's worldwide footprint to help put a dent in the country's lagging stockpile of personal protective equipment for the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Burton to donate 500,000 respirator masks across Northeast

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

In a photo provided by Burton, a fan of Jake Burton Carpenter waves one of dozens of “Ride On Jake” flags that dotted the course in Vail, Colo., Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. Skiers and snowboarders alike gathered over the weekend to celebrate Carpenter, who died November 2019 of testicular cancer. It was Carpenter who envisioned what snowboarding could be back in the 1980s and started producing snowboards to help his vision become reality. (Dean Blotto Gray/Burton via AP)

Ride with Jake: Burton impact felt over bittersweet weekend

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press