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Burton Custom Flying V Snowboard

Item #BUR3786 | 0 in Stock
2 Star Rating

Zero edge control

By Ranked #1024 - Boards February 7, 2011

I cannot tell you how excited I was to get my hands on this deck. I have this deck as well as 5 others from various companies (including FULL rocker boards), and have been riding for 7 years. I 'thought' that the frostbite edges WITH a little camber underfoot would really be a great combo for gripping the snow in all conditions. Boy was I wrong. This thing is extremely washy and does not hold and edge no matter how hard you try. I live in Park City where the snow is usually great with plenty of pow, but when the pow turns into hardpack mixed with some icy conditions, this board is worthless. I feel out of control.
I will say this thing is pretty floaty in pow though. I've had a couple great days with over 2 feet and this thing just wants to jump up to the top.

Overall- not a good all around deck, but fun in pow.
Not recommended.

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3 Comments Last Reply: March 25, 2011 By:

By: March 25, 2011

LetShred's review is dead on. I am a long standing Burton fan and was very excited to get this deck. What a disappointment. Washed out with really poor edge control on typical east coast icy surfaces. I could probably get used to it, but why waste a half season adapting to this nightmare when lib-tech makes awesome magnatraction boards that have claw-like grip out of the box? This board is a complete waste of time. Still like Burton for the camber boards but STAY AWAY from this one if you have any kind of remotely icy situation.

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By: March 23, 2011

Couldn't agree more! Took the deck out for it's maiden voyage to Revelstoke and was completely diassapointed. By the end of the day I wanted to leave it in the parking lot. Absolutely NO edge control. Tried various binding variations and stances and still could not lay an effective edge, especially in steep/fast terrain. Powder the board perfomred well, and flatland was fun, but majority of the time I was really fighting the board. I am gonna give it some getting used to time, but if no improvements I am gonna have to let it go.

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By: March 21, 2011

wrong

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Tech Specs:

Lengths:
148cm, 151cm, 154cm, 156cm, 158cm, 160cm, 163cm 
Shape:
Directional 
Flex:
Medium (5/10 on manufacturer’s scale) 
Camber:
Flying V 
Sidewalls:
10:45 
Effective Edge:
[158cm] 1222.5mm 
Waist Width:
[158cm] 254mm 
Sidecut Radius:
[158cm] 8.01m 
Stance Width:
[158cm] 22in (default) 
Stance Setback:
1cm 
Core:
Super Fly II w/ Dualzone EGD 
Base:
Sintered WFO 
Recommended Rider Weight:
[148cm]90-140lb; [151cm]110-160lb; [154cm]120-170lb; [156cm]125-175lb; [158cm]130-180lb [160cm]145-195lb; [163cm]150-200+lb 
Recommended Use:
Snowboarding 
Manufacturer Warranty:
1 Year 

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