Look why get a $1000 board that just does alright at some stuff. Save your $ watch Brociety.com and do like I do, get a great powder stick, a sick park board, and schweet all mountain freeride cruiser for the same $1000 budget. Life will be better, and you wont be begging for some fvck to cut your lock and boost your board while your sippin a brew in the lodge or cry when you scrape a rock or ding a rail. Candy ass rich b!tch. :P

Where to start...

I got the 157cm, the graphics are SICK, I will post some pictures later. The Burton emblem on the base is see through, so you can see the Vaportech Alumafly (aluminum honeycomb) material.

The stiffness - true to its reputation, super stiff, no buttering here.

Protip does GREAT in powder, I took it out on a day where we got 15" of pow, no sinking at all that day!

It holds an edge so well, whether in ice or powder or groomed runs. I was so amazed, there was no chatter whatsoever.

If you're an intermediate to advanced rider, give this bad boy a try. Beginners stay away, you will get hurt and say "The vapor sucks" which is NOT TRUE! The Burton Vapor is AWESOME!!!

Yeah, this board is light, BUT being so it limits your binding placements. They had to reduce the metal to make it lighter. I cant tell any difference between this and my 8 year old Rippey. Its really fast and handles well, but does feel a little sketchy at high speeds. I wont buy this again as it is not worth the money.

I tested the 08-09 proto during several days of the 07-08 season out here at Snowbird. No other boards compare! It's incredibly well balanced and the ICS binding setup is money. It's my professional opinion that Burton saved the Vapor's absolutely perfect shape for it's highest end board. The directional shape floats pow like "what?" Holds a solid edge traversing, and it's centered enough to effortlessly land bakcountry booters switch. Then blast switch pow slashers for the rest of the run. It kills it in the park, and has insane pop. Oh yeah, ZERO swing weight makes you feel like there is nothing on your feet. Fastest, lightest, most versatile board ever made-- period.

don't buy this salamander of a board!!!! it will shed its tail when u least expect it!!!! fine pay a G for a BURTON product. u could buy an oompa loompa for that price, by golly!!!! i have two beater friends that own vapors and one complains of the honey comb(which makes up the core and such) cracking when he landed tail, and the other says the top sheet is like ceram wrap.

If you have been saving the money for this board... GET IT!! fuck what anyone says. Its a great board, NICE, LIGHT, looks Badass! Rides well SLICK and FAST!!! I got it at a discount price, so I'm not going to complain! Worth it! BUY it if you want a GREAT board! The Top side is NICE and SHINY, The SUN GIVE this Board a NICE gold SHINE. Again, don't listen to anyone who says it cost too much! If you want it, BUY IT! NOOB OR PRO!! its your MONEY!

I demoed this board last year and found it to be totally lifeless. Its good points are that it is light and holds a good edge.

But it does not have much pop, is slow edge-2-edge and generally lacks any life. No matter what burton marketing says, wood cores are still far superior to the aluminum cores. If you want a high-end burton all-mountain board then get the custom x. It really is a far superior ride and is a lot cheaper.

This Burton Vapor is Kevin Pearces snowboard that won him the 2008 ttr and 2008 us open...i think, lol he won one of those using this sick, light, beautifully designed snowboard that is well worth the price!