{"id":48829,"date":"2015-06-24T17:57:47","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T00:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=48829"},"modified":"2015-06-25T16:25:25","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T23:25:25","slug":"jake-burtons-health-improving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=48829","title":{"rendered":"Jake Burton’s Health Improving"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jake Burton with Jack Mitrani, John Jackson, and Gabi Viteri at the 2013 SIA Show.<\/p><\/div>\n

After weeks of rumors and speculation surrounding the health of Burton Snowboards<\/strong> founder Jake Burton Carpenter<\/strong>, Burton PR has finally today (June 24, 2015) released an official health update. It’s good news considering what Jake and his family have been through over the past two months.<\/p>\n

Right after the 2015 Burton US Open in March, Jake Burton, Founder & Chairman of Burton Snowboards, was diagnosed with a type of Guillan-Barre Syndrome called Miller Fisher Syndrome. Miller Fisher is an extremely rare disorder that results in the body\u2019s own immune system attacking the nerves. Jake had a very severe case that caused temporary paralysis of his entire body, so he was put on full life support in the ICU for nearly two months at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He is now out of the hospital and making progress toward full and complete recovery. For the official word from Burton, please follow the jump.<\/p>\n

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JAKE BURTON HEALTH UPDATE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Burlington, VT (June 24, 2015)\u2014Right after the 2015 Burton US Open in March, Jake Burton, Founder & Chairman of Burton Snowboards, was diagnosed with a type of Guillan-Barre Syndrome called Miller Fisher Syndrome. Miller Fisher is an extremely rare disorder that results in the body\u2019s own immune system attacking the nerves. Jake had a very severe case that caused temporary paralysis of his entire body, so he was put on full life support in the ICU for nearly two months at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire.<\/p>\n

In late April, Jake made enough progress in his recovery to move to Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston where he focused on an intensive rehab program. Thanks to his incredible progress, Jake is now back home in Vermont where he\u2019s continuing to focus on physical therapy and is expected to make a full recovery over the next few months.<\/p>\n

Jake, Donna and their entire family want to thank everyone for the outpouring of love, kindness and support during these very difficult months.<\/p>\n

To read more about Miller Fisher Syndrome, we recommend visiting the National Institute of Health\u2019s website here:http:\/\/www.ninds.nih.gov\/disorders\/miller_fisher\/miller_fisher.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

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About Burton<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 1977, Jake Burton Carpenter founded Burton Snowboards out of his Vermont barn and has dedicated his life to snowboarding ever since. Burton has played a pivotal role in growing snowboarding from a backyard hobby to a world-class sport by creating ground-breaking products, supporting a team of top snowboarders and pushing resorts to allow snowboarding. Today, Burton designs and manufactures industry-leading products for snowboarding and the snowboard lifestyle, including snowboards, boots, bindings, outerwear and layering as well as year-round apparel, packs\/bags and accessories. Privately held and owned by Jake and his wife, Burton President Donna Carpenter, Burton\u2019s headquarters are in Burlington, Vermont with offices in Austria, Japan, Australia, California, Canada and China. For more information on Burton, head to www.burton.com<\/a>and follow our line at facebook.com\/burtonsnowboards<\/a>, twitter.com\/burtonsnowboard<\/a>and @burtonsnowboards on Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After weeks of rumors and speculation surrounding the health of Burton Snowboards founder Jake Burton Carpenter, Burton PR has finally today (June 24, 2015) released an official health update. It’s good news considering what Jake and his family have been through over the past two months. Right after the 2015 Burton US Open in March, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48829"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48829"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48836,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48829\/revisions\/48836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}