>> THIS IS "CHRONICLE."
ANTHONY: THE INNKEEPER, LONELY.
>> I'M A SINGLE GUY UP IN
VERMONT WHERE I MEET NOBODY.
ANTHONY: THE INSTRUCTOR, SUPER
QUALIFIED.
>> I HAD MY 19TH BIRTHDAY OVER
THERE AND WON A BRONZE MEDAL.
ANTHONY: CHEF AND FARMER, BOTH
MANHATTAN ESCAPEES.
>> I CANNOT EMPHASIZE WHAT
WONDERFUL WAY OF LIFE IT IS.
ANTHONY: IT MUST BE WHY VERMONT
ATTRACTS ALL KINDS.
SHE IS NO QUITTER AND MAKES A
MEAN MILKSHAKE, AND CANNOT
RESIST A CHARMER.
THE MAIN STREETS AND BACK ROADS
OF MONTHS WHEN THE COUNTY, NEXT
ON "CHRONICLE."
GOOD EVENING.
TONIGHT ERICA BRINGS US TO THE
VERMONT COUNTY WHERE HER FAMILY
HAS PUT DOWN ROOTS.
IT'S A PLACE SHE KNOWS WELL.
SHAYNA: WHAT SHE DOESN'T KNOW AS
WELL IS THE WORLD OF
SNOWBOARDING.
LUCKILY THAT'S FOR HAS ROOTS IN
WINDHAM COUNTY AS WELL.
ERIKA: SKIRTING THE EDGE OF THE
GREENMOUNT NATIONAL FOREST,
MAGIC AND STRATTON MOUNTAINS
RISE UP OVER A HANDFUL OF SMALL
TOWNS.
SURROUNDED BY GLEAMING FIELDS,
ICY RIVERS AND BROOKS CUT
THROUGH THE STUNNING LANDSCAPE,
SPARKLING IN THE SUNLIGHT.
THIS IS VERMONT WINDHAM COUNTY.
IT MAY SOUND STRANGE SINCE I'M
SURROUNDED BY SNOW, BUT BEING
HERE REALLY WARMS MY HEART.
IT IS A HOME AWAY FROM HOME FOR
ME BECAUSE IT'S HOME TO MY
HUSBAND'S FAMILY.
THEY ARE JUST SOME OF THE PEOPLE
IN THIS LITTLE POCKET OF
SOUTHERN VERMONT MAKING THE AREA
SO SPECIAL.
WHETHER YOU LIKE TO SEE
MAGNIFICENT VISTAS ARE YOU ARE
HERE FOR SOME OUTDOOR ADVENTURE
OR WANT TO TASTE SOME DELICIOUS
FOOD, YOU'LL FIND IT HERE, AND I
CANNOT WAIT TO SHOW YOU.
WHAT RIDES UP MUST SKI DOWN, OR
SNOWBOARD.
IN 1983, THE RESORT BECAME THE
FIRST TO ALLOW SNOWBOARDS ON ITS
SLOPES.
OLYMPIC CHAMPION ROSS POWERS NOW
TEACHES AT STRATTON MOUNTAIN
SCHOOL.
WHO BETTER TO ASK FOR A LESSON?
>> PUT YOUR LEFT FOOT IN FIRST.
YOU'VE GOT THE HANG OF IT.
ERIKA: KIND OF.
MAYBE I'M GOOFY AFTER ALL.
IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE AN
OLYMPIAN TEACHING YOU TO PUT
YOUR GOGGLES ON.
ATTACH AWKWARD TO START.
-- A TOUCH AWKWARD AT FIRST.
>> LOOK WHERE YOU WANT TO GO.
NICE.
ERIKA: AND MY THIRD TIME EVER ON
THE SNOWBOARD, MAYBE DIDN'T LOOK
LIKE IT, RIDING WITH POWERS AND
HONOR.
THIS IS WHAT HE CAN REALLY DO.
FROM RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD IN
LITTLE SOUTH LONDONDERRY, HE WAS
THERE WHEN SNOWBOARDING BECAME
AN OLYMPIC SPORT.
>> THE OLYMPICS WERE IN JAPAN
AND I MADE ON THE U.S. TEAM.
I HAD MY 19TH BIRTHDAY OVER
THERE AND WON A BRONZE MEDAL.
ERIKA: HE SOARED TO GOLD IN SALT
LAKE IN 2002.
THIS IS WHERE THE BIGGEST BRAND
IN SNOWBOARDING GREW UP.
1977 WAS A BIG YEAR FOR
LONDONDERRY, BECAUSE RIGHT HERE
IN THE HEART OF TOWN, THIS IS
WHERE JAKE CARPENTER STARTED
BUILDING HIS FIRST SNOWBOARDS.
PRIOR TO THAT HE HAD BEEN
MODIFYING BOARDS BUT BY 1977,
BURTON WAS BORN.
>> 40 YEARS AGO IT WAS NOT
REALLY CALLED SNOWBOARDING.
>> HE WOULD EXPERIMENT WITH
PROTOTYPES ALL AROUND THE AREA.
>> HE WOULD JUMP OUT OF THE CAR
ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
HE WOULD SEE A SLOPE AND MAKE
ZIGZAGS DOWN IT AND PEOPLE WOULD
GO BY AND SAY, WHAT IS THAT?
ERIKA: HE'S FLAMES WHILE THE
ORIGINAL LONDONDERRY FACTORY NO
LONGER STANDS, THE BURTON LEGACY
-- HE EXPLAINS THAT THE LEGACY
IS STRONG.
SHE WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL
THREE EMPLOYEES.
>> WE WORK HARD, BUT THERE
WASN'T THAT MUCH DEMAND YET.
ERIKA: NOW THE BRAND IS A GLOBAL
ICON, A SURPRISE PERHAPS EVEN TO
CARPENTER HIMSELF.
>> WE DIDN'T BELIEVE ANYTHING
WOULD COME OF IT, BUT HIS
PERSEVERANCE WAS INCREDIBLE.
ERIKA: NOW ATTRIBUTE TO THAT
PERSEVERANCE IS PLANNED FOR THE
TOWN.
>> IT'S A 30 FOOT LONG, 16 FOOT
HIGH CAST BRONZE PIECE.
ERIKA: HE'S TAKEN ON SHEPHERDING
THE PROJECT WHILE RUNNING THE
STORE AT TAYLOR FARM.
>> WE MAKE AWARD-WINNING GOUDA
CHEESE.
HER BROTHER HAS COME FULL CIRCLE
, RAISED IN MANHATTAN, HE WORKED
ON THE FARM AS A TEEN.
HE LEFT FOR COLLEGE, THEN TO
TRAVEL, BUT SOMETHING KEPT
PULLING HIM BACK.
>> IN 1989I TOOK THE FARM OVER
FULL-TIME AND HAVE BEEN HERE
EVER SINCE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE LAST WORKING
DAIRY FARMS IN THE AREA.
ERIK HE EXPLAINS THE CHEESE
OPERATION IS KEY TO THEIR
SURVIVAL, AS OUR VISITORS.
>> WE DO A LOT OF POTLUCK
SUPPER'S AND WE WELCOME PEOPLE
ALL THE TIME ERIKA: YOU ADOPT
PEOPLE.
>> STEP UP.
ERIK WHEN CONDITIONS
COOPERATE, SLEIGH RIDES THEY
OFFER ARE A HUGE HIT.
>> THOSE ARE WONDERFUL TEAM OF
HALF-SISTERS.
I CANNOT EMPHASIZE WHAT A
WONDERFUL WAY OF LIFE IT IS.
SORT OF LIKE A WORKING USING
THEM AT THIS POINT.
THERE ARE SO FEW OF US LEFT.
ANTHONY: SHE SAYS THE BURTON
TRIBUTE STATUE IS IN HONOR OF
ALL LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS AS WELL.
SHAYNA: THEY ARE COMMITTED TO
SEEING THIS THROUGH.
IT'S EXPECTED IT WILL BE A
NATIONAL IT GOT INTERNATIONAL
FUNDRAISING EFFORT AND THE GOAL
IS TO RAISE $1.3 MILLION TO
COVER ITS COST.
SO IT IS A GREAT EFFORT.
ANTHONY: HERE'S A STORY ABOUT
LOVE, MARRIAGE, AND LEAVING
MANHATTAN.
FIRST CAME CUPID, THEN THE
SURPRISE.