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Burton Whammy Bar Snowboard

Item #BUR5262 | 1 in Stock
4 Star Rating

Whammy Bar Amazing To Me

By Ranked #1292 - Boards July 2, 2011

Before buying this board I read every reiew made on it and I was truely expecting a good park board thats should strictly stay in the park, but after riding it I have to disagree completely with every review i've read on it. This board can tear it up outside of the park too. In the park it's amazing but outside it does pretty good too. Though it's not the best for all mountain/freestyle riding it still works. I took this thing on the halfpipe and could pull 540's. I do kinda agree that it lacks edge hold but the frostbite edges helped improve it. Plus lack of edge hold is expected on most v-rocker boards. Stability at speed would be my only other complaint. Once I started to pick up speed it felt slightly squirley but I was going insanely fast and as I said before, this board can handle even pipe. That leads me to the conclusion that this board deserves 4 stars. It's a great board only lacking a few things.

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Tech Specs:

Length:
150 cm, 153 cm, 155 cm, 157 cm 
Shape:
twin 
Flex:
soft (3 of 10 on Burton's scale) 
Camber:
rocker (reverse) 
Effective Edge:
[150cm] 1135 mm; [153cm] 1160 mm; [155cm] 1180 mm; [157cm] 1200 mm 
Waist Width:
[150cm] 249 mm; [153cm] 251 mm; [155cm] 252 mm; [157cm] 254 mm 
Sidecut Radius:
[150cm] 7.30 m; [153cm] 7.48 m; [155cm] 7.61 m; [157cm] 7.74 m 
Stance Width:
[150-153cm] 20.9 in; [155-157cm] 22 in 
Stance Setback:
centered 
Core:
Super Fly 
Base:
sintered 
Recommended Rider Weight:
[150cm] 115 - 155 lb; [153cm] 130 - 170 lb; [155-157cm] 135 - 175 lb 
Recommended Use:
park, freestyle 
Manufacturer Warranty:
1 year 

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