Burton Vapor Snowboard Review

Burton Vapor!  This is a pretty ridiculous board.  It is part of the Heli  package. So this is top of the line from Burton. The materials, the technology, the graphic even is pretty top of the line, it’s by Paul Smith. This is the board for the guy or girl who wants to rip as hard as they can wherever they can. So you could be back country with this thing, you could be in the park. You could choose to be on the rail, I guess I wouldn’t. This is for the rider who wants a lot of response. It does have a feel rating of a 6, so it’s going to be on a little bit of a stiffer scale. It is a camber shape board with a directional shape. So the nose is going to be a little bit longer than the tail. It has a twin shaped flex. The core is a negative profile core. It’s a little bit thicker in the middle and gradually tapers off to save weight on the nose and the tail. It has multi zone EDG  and it is Aluma-Fly core.

Alumafly™ Core

The Aluma-Fly core of this thing is 90% air by volume. That’s why this thing is so light. The whole thing is pretty much is made out of Aluminum Honeycomb. No one else is doing what Burton is doing with their Aluma-Fly core. The fiber glass as well is an advanced technology called Vapor Skin which is pretty much all carbon, carbon fiber, for the most part. It also has Carbon eye beams that run tip to tail on this thing, keeping it pretty stiff. The base is called Sintered WFO, Wide F*&$! Open-base. It’s very dense, but also porous, which doesn’t make too much sense. You’re going to want to maintain this thing. This is a high price point board. You want to make sure that base stays as moisturized as possible. You can use pretty much use any kind of wax, make sure it’s temperature appropriate. It also has the slim rails on it. The sidewalls are slim rails that actually taper down towards the edge, saving you, of course, more weight. The board is already broken in by the infinite ride program at Burton. So, you won’t have to go onto the hill to break this baby in. The machines at Burton have already done it. It also has the Pro tip. The Pro tip gradually tapers the nose and the tail of the board, causing lighter weight and less swing weight. Like I said earlier, the design was by Paul Smith. When you are done with this, this board is pretty much completely recyclable. The majority of materials are made from recyclable materials. So, after you have 100 or so days, maybe you want to keep it for the summer, too. After that , when the new boards come out next season, just throw this thing in the recycling bin. I’m sure the guys at Waste Management will be happy and so will I. This is Burton Vapor, pretty rad board, top of the line. It doesn’t get any better than this.