Burton Blunt 2009
September 9, 2008
By Scott Briggs
SnowboardReviews.com
Boston – The 2009 Burton Blunt Snowboard is back with new enhancements to make it even better than last years model. The Burton Blunt is a twin tip FreeStyle Park Snowboard that is designed to take a beating without breaking. When Burton designed the Blunt snowboard that wanted a board that a rider could just pick up and go, the mission was all about riding so the made sure the board was almost maintenance free.
The 2009 Burton Blunt Snowboard has two new features the Rail Ready Tuned Edges and the Ultra Light Pro-Tips. The Rail Ready Tuned Edges are designed to not catch on the board slides, yet still provide a solid edge grab when coming into a hit. The Ultra Light Pro-Tips is technology used to reduce the swing weight of the board allowing you to pull off the 360s smoother and allows the board to float through the deep powder.
The main features of this snowboard are the FlyCore with Negative Profile, Biax React Fiberglass, and the Lightspeed Vision Base. The FlyCore is made by strategically placing strong and lighter wood throughout the board, provide a strong board and a lot more snap. The Biax React Fiberglass provides you the low torsional flex and a forgiving feel. The board is then capped off with the Lightspeed Vision base, this base is strong, fast and basically a maintenance free.
Overall park riders who want a board at a great price and all they care about is hitting it hard, will love this board.
Features of the Burton Blunt Snowboard:
- Twin Tip Shape
- Lightspeed Vision Base
- Fly Core With Negative Profile
- Biax React
- Slantwall Sidewalls
- Rail Ready Tune Edges
- New Pro Tip and New Wide Series
Burton Blunt 2009 for $349.95
Burton Custom X 2009
August 11, 2008
By Scott Briggs
SnowboardReviews.com
Boston – The 2009 Burton Custom X is back for another season to no ones surprise. Some consider this one of the best snowboards on the market, but Burton can not stop perfecting this snowboard. The 2009 Custom X features the Infinite Channel system, allowing the easiest most adjustable mounting for your bindings. The Channel is compatible with all the Burton bindings and truly allows an easy way for you to constantly tweak your settings until you find the ultimate position you want for rinding.
The Burton Custom X is a top of the line all-mountain FreeStyle snowboard that is a lot of fun to rip up the whole mountain. The Custom X features the stainless steel pressure distribution edges with grip and rip tune to give you the perfect grip whether you are in deep powder or ice. These edges help make you feel in total control in all conditions or terrain.
Also new to the 2009 Custom X is the Pro-Tip, a tapered thickness in the tip and tail that dramatically reduces swing weight. The reduced swing weight allows you to turn the spin tricks a little faster.
Features of the Burton Custom X Snowboard:
- Infinite Channel System
- Directional Shape
- Flex: Twin
- Sintered N2O WFO Vision Base
- Dragonfly Core With Multizone EGD And Positive Profile
- New Carbon Vaporskin With Triax Response Fiberglass And Carbon I-Beam
- Slantwall
- Stainless Steel Pressure Distribution Edges With Grip And Rip Tune
- Pro-Tip And Infinite Ride
Burton Clash
July 8, 2008
By Scott Briggs
SnowboardReviews.com
Boston – The Burton Clash Snowboard is a twin tip FreeStyle all-mountain snowboard. This Burton Snowboard was built for any level rider and is designed to be fun. This is the type of Snowboard where you could be cruising on the Greens with your girlfriend in the AM to ripping through the trees and the park in the afternoon.
The 2008 Burton Clash Snowboard features the maintenance free Lightspeed Vision base. This is a base where you are not going to need to wax it every ride to make it fast. The Clash also features a core of Fly Core and Negative Core Profile. The Fly core is designed thinner between your feet so you can get a real feel for the snow, while making the board softer with more freestyle flex and torsion. The board also features the Biax React Fiberglass giving you a low torsional flex and a forgiving feel.
Burton did a solid job adding different elements to this board so it is truly made for all level riders. As most riders know a forgiving board is one of the most important features when you are first learning to ride.
Overall this is a great all-mountain that at a price under $300 you can not pass up.
Features of the Burton Clash Snowboard:
- Lightspeed™ Vision Base
- Fly® Core
- Biax™ React Fiberglass
- Negative Core Profile
- Directional Shape
Burton Bullet
June 16, 2008
By: Scott Briggs
SnowboardReviews.com
Boston – The Burton Bullet Snowboard is a wide all-mountain FreeStyle board that is designed for all levels of riders. For a wide directional shape board you will notice that it is not a true twin tip in that the nose of the snowboard is slightly larger than the tail. By making the nose that small amount larger lets the board really crank down the mountain.
The Bullet has a core that features the Negative Core Profile and the Fly Core; these two features together give the snowboard improved feel, flex and durably for a great FreeStyle ride. Burton then creates a Glass using the Biax React Fiberglass that provides low torsional flex and a forgiving feel to allow you to press hard on new tricks. The snowboard is then capped with the Burton Lightspeed Vision base to make the board strong fast and easy to maintain.
Overall the big foot riders are doing to love this board not only because it can do it all well, but the price of under $300.00 is not going to break the bank.
Features of the Burton Bullet Snowboard:
- Lightspeed™ Vision Base
- Fly® Core
- Biax™ React Fiberglass
- Negative Core Profile
- Directional Shape
Burton Blunt Snowboard
June 12, 2008
By Scott Briggs
SnowboardReviews.com
Boston – The Burton Blunt Snowboard is a twin tip FreeStyle Jibbing Snowboard that can take a beating and will not break. This Burton Snowboard is built like a tank and is virtually maintenance free, so it is perfect for those riders that like to just get up and go with their board everyday.
The 2008 Burton Blunt Snowboard features the Lightspeed Vision base which is basically a maintenance free base that is strong and fast. This is the type of base that will be fast without you even putting on wax, making is truly maintenance free.
The board also features the Negative Core and Biax React Fiberglass, these two elements are going to let you bring your tricks to the next level. The Negative core gives you that softer feel between the feet to make the tricks even easier off the rails and boxes and the Biax React Fiberglass provides you the low torsional flex and a forgiving feel. As you are perfecting the tricks you are going to notice that this board is a lot easier to move to the next level.
Overall this is a great jibbing board that at this price you can not pass up.
Features of the Burton Blunt Snowboard:
Lightspeed™ Vision Base
Fly® Core
Biax™ React Fiberglass
Negative Core Profile
Wider Stance Width [158cm Only]
Twin-Like Shape
Burton Custom
June 2, 2008
By Scott Briggs
SnowboardReviews.com
Boston – The Burton Custom Snowboard is the ultimate FreeStyle Snowboard that is an awesome ride on the whole mountain. This is a twin tip board designed by team riders Mads Jonsson, Heikki Sorsa, and Mason Aguirre; these guys are constantly trying to evolve the benefits of FreeStyle boards.
The Custom 2007-2008 Snowboard features a core made up of the Negative Core Profile, The Super Fly II and the Dual Zone EGD. The Negative Core Profile is designed to have thinner sections of core between the bindings so you have a softer feel to you board with more FreeStyle Flex and torsion. The Super Fly II Core places stronger and lighter pieces of wood across the board to give the board more snap and strength while also reducing the weight. Then the Dualzone EGD used the heel and toe to place the wood grain perpendicular to the rest of the core for a super edge hold.
The Burton Custom is made with a Traix Response Fiberglass and a Sintered WFO Vision Base to make this board have superior control, stability, and be super fast. This base is Burtons fastest the Sintered WFO Vision base, this base material comes pre-conditioned out the the box to fly past all other boards.
Overall this is a top board that almost all riders are going to love.
Features of the Burton Custom Snowboard:
- Sintered WFO Vision Base
- Super Fly II™ Core
- Dualzone™ EGD™
- Carbon I-Beam™
- Triax™ Response Fiberglass
- Infinite Ride®
- 10:45™ Sidewalls
- Pro-Tip™
- Negative Core Profile
- Increased Waist Width [158cm and Longer]
- Directional Shape
Burton Air
May 23, 2008
By Scott Briggs
SnowboardReviews.com
Boston – The Burton Air Snowboard is one of the original Burton boards and is in its 20th year of production. This board is one of the original fun FreeStyle boards created by Burton. The 2007-2008 Burton Air has an upgraded shape mirrored after the popular twin tip Burton Custom, and improved edges using the Pressure Distribution technology to give you that ultra tight grip on the mountain.
The Air is created with a core that is broken down into three parts; the Negative Core Profile, Super Fly® Core, and Dualzone EDG™. The Negative Core Profile provides a softer feel between the bindings for more FreeStyle flex and torsion. The Super Fly Core makes the board light, poppy, and responsive. The finishing touch is the Dualzone EDG™ which positions the wood grain along the toe and heel edges perpendicular to the rest of the board for a superior edge hold.
The Burton Air also feature a top of Triax Response Fiberglass top for flex and response, and a Sintered Vision Base for increased speed and easy maintenance.
Features of the Burton Air Snowboard:
- Sintered Vision Base
- Super Fly® Core
- Dualzone™ EGD™
- Triax™ Response Fiberglass
- Infinite Ride®
- Pressure Distribution Edges
- Negative Core Profile
- Directional Shape
Burton Air 2008 on sale for $319.95
Burton T6
May 10, 2008
By Scott Briggs
SnowboardReviews.com
Boston – The Burton T6 snowboard is considered one of the smoothest rides on the market. The board developed by Burton uses the same cushioning properties that are used in the Burton Snowboard Boots creating a smooth ride with less impact on your body. This is an all-mountain FreeStyle Board that is super fast and transitions nicely between conditions.
The T6 is not a beginner board, it was designed for the the big boys. This is a responsive snowboard the is super smooth on takeoffs and landings, but not always forgiving. When you have a board that is super fast, stable, and can hold a solid edge at any speed you know you have moved to a new level of riding.
Even though this is a all-mountain FreeStyle board that can do it all, it may be a tough ride in deep powder as this is somewhat of a stiff board. Overall advanced riders will find this board to be one of the best rides on the mountain.
Features of the Burton T6 Snowboard
- NEW Smooth Ride Technology
- Sintered WFO Vision Base
- Alumafly™ Core
- Multizone EGD™
- Triax™ Response Fiberglass
- Infinite Ride®
- Stainless Steel Pressure Distribution Edges
- Pro-Tip™
- Even Core Profile
- Directional Shape
Burton 2008 T6 on sale for $639.95
Burton Custom X
April 28, 2008
By Scott Briggs
SnowboardReviews.com
Boston – The Burton Custom X™ Snowboard is designed for the advanced Boarder who likes to do it all. You are the rider who likes to cruise the back bowls of Vail, rip through the Park at Stowe, and hit the Pipe at Breckenridge. Burton describes this as the ultimate FreeStyle Snowboard for those ready to ride at a higher level.
The 2007/2008 Custom X is lighter, stiffer and faster than it earlier models. This board grabs a nice edge which makes you feel in total control on the edge to edge transfers. Any rider who has ever been to New England knows that you need a board that can grab an edge as the conditions are typically very icy, and the Custom X does the job well. Burton did a great job to make sure the board rode well in their backyard of Vermont, before they released it to the world.
Key Features of the Burton Custom X Snowboard: