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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

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020 file photo, Brock Crouch finishes his second run of the men's snowboard slopestyle elimination on day one of X Games Aspen at Buttermilk Ski Area in Aspen, Colo. Snowboarder Brock Crouch was swept away in an avalanche two years ago and buried under the snow for five minutes. He broke his back, tore his pancreas, knocked out five teeth and suffered a concussion. Crouch now has a tattoo on his left shoulder of the mountain range that nearly took his life. He also has a new recurring dream of making the U.S. slopestyle squad for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. (Liz Copan/Summit Daily News via AP, File)

Buried in avalanche, snowboarder recovers and eyes Olympics

By PAT GRAHAM - 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