# @hoodstowoods on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DdmulY-j11l
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70840237-hoodstowoods-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-22T21:43:19.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Hoods to Woods (@hoodstowoods) — https://gondola.cc/hoodstowoods

## Caption

As Burton celebrates 50 years, we were honored to receive a Backhill modeled after the board that started it all, and a handwritten letter recognizing Hoods to Woods.

For us, that letter meant just as much as the board.

As hip-hop was taking shape on the blocks of New York City, Jake Burton Carpenter was in Vermont, building snowboards by hand and betting everything on an idea the world did not yet understand.

Different worlds, same spirit: use what you have, create what does not exist, and keep building before others see the vision.

Hip-hop turned breakbeats, neighborhood stories, and raw creativity into a global culture. Jake turned wood, bindings, determination, and riding sideways into a global culture of its own.

Nobody at those early Bronx parties could have imagined how b-boys and b-girls would transform the break through spins, freezes, and aerial moves. Likewise, Jake could not have imagined every possibility riders like Craig Kelly would unlock on his boards.

That is the power of culture. Someone creates an opening, and the next generation takes it somewhere even the originators could not have imagined.

Omar and I were raised by hip-hop and shaped by that belief. We carried it from the blocks to the mountains, and that spirit built Hoods to Woods.

We did not wait for our communities to be invited into snowboarding. We built a bridge and brought them with us.

That is why snowboarding is so dope. Kids from every hood can step in, make it their own, and take it somewhere none of us can imagine yet.

History is not only made by who builds the first board, but by who gets invited to ride the next one.

Thank you to Donna Carpenter, George, Taylor, Timi, and the Burton family and team for this piece of history and your support of our mission.

And to the late, great Jake Burton Carpenter, thank you for believing there was a sport here before the world could see it. We know what it means to believe in a vision before everyone else can see it.

We’re proud to be part of what came next.

From the blocks to the mountains. 🏂

#RideForTheHood #Burton50 #HoodsToWoods #JakeBurtonCarpenter

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