Burton Custom Camber Review

Overview of the Custom Camber’s Specs

Who is the Custom Camber Most Suited To?

The Custom is best suited to someone looking for a full camber ride that is aggressive when you want it to be but nothing that's oppressively stiff or so aggressive that you have to ride it hard all the time. 

It's capable in most areas of the mountain. Won't do super well in deep powder, but good enough in moderate powder to be a one-board-quiver, or if you tend to see deep powder and have another board for powder, then this could be your daily driver on non-powder days. 

Stands out for jumps. Getting this thing airborne is a real thrill and laying down carves is a close second standout for this board. 

Not for beginners, but an intermediate rider with solid technique should be fine - and anyone up to an expert rider can really enjoy and rip this board. 

The Custom Camber in More Detail

Bindings angles: +15/-15

Stance width: 560mm (22″)

Stance Setback: 12.5mm (0.5")

Width at Inserts: 265mm (10.43") at front insert and 267mm (10.51") at back insert.  

Tester: Nate

Rider Height: 6'0"

Rider Weight: 180lbs

Rider Boot Size: US9.5 Adidas Tactical ADV

Bindings Used: Burton Malavita M 

Weight: 3060grams (6lbs 12oz)

Weight per cm: 17.64 grams/cm

Average Weight per cm: 19.37 grams/cm*

Average Weight per cm: 18.59 grams/cm*

*based on a sample size of around 200 models that I’ve weighed in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023 models. On the scales the Custom was heavier than normal but on snow it felt normal. 

Powder

We had some fresh snow but it was so heavy and sticky it didn't really behave like powder. 

But based on specs, the Custom isn't going to be awesome in powder, but not bad either. It's got a bit of setback stance and the nose is longer than the tail. There's no taper and no rocker though. And no 3D edge-tech or anything like that. 

Carving

This board is great to carve on. And that's no surprise given all the camber. But yeah, when you get this thing up on edge it's really fun to carve. And it's got that sidecut that's not too deep but not too shallow either, for a good medium carve that's not a point and shoot, but also doesn't want to cut around too sharp, so you can open out into some fairly smooth long, drawn out carves, without being too much of a straight-liner. 

Turning 

Ease of Turning/Slashes: Always pleasantly surprised with how this board slashes turns. Given all that camber, you would think it would be less willing to release the tail and slash, but it obliges and whilst it's not as effortless or slashy as a looser board, it's pretty good, considering it's flex and camber profile. 

Maneuverability at slow speeds: Again, not completely effortless to get this thing doing short sharp turns at slower speeds, but also not a huge amount of effort. And with a little bit of effort it gets going edge-to-edge pretty quickly. 

Skidded Turns: For a full camber board, it's not as catchy as you'd think. It's still not super uncatchy, but you can get away with skidded turns for the most part without catching an edge. Can't get too sloppy, but can get a little sloppy. 

Speed

Good speed and nice and stable at speeds. Not an out and out bomber like something like it's older brother, the Custom X, but still really decent. 

Uneven Terrain

Crud: Smashed through what we had well. But in fairness, whilst we had a lot of messy snow, it was very soft messy snow. But by feel, I'd say it would be pretty good at smashing through harder crud, without being a monster crusher. But it's decently easy to maneuver, so correcting yourself if it did get bucked around should be pretty easy.  

Bumps: Felt confident on this board weaving through tight spaces. Whilst that maneuverability doesn't come completely effortlessly, it also doesn't take a heap of effort either. And when you do put in a bit of effort it can transfer edges pretty quick.   

Let’s Break up this text with a Video

The Custom starts at around 4:50 in the video.

Jumps

This thing is a lot of fun on jumps. Just so good. 

Pop: Plenty of pop and that perfect balance of having a fair bit easy access but more when you wind it up.

Approach: Again a perfect balance of stability and maneuverability.

Landing: Can really stomp a landing on this board - and it's pretty forgiving when you get it wrong too. 

Side-hits: Decently maneuverable, decent amount of easy access pop and just all-round fun for sidehits, big and small. 

Small jumps/Big Jumps: Everything really. It has enough stability for big jumps, but works fine on small jumps too. 

Switch

It's not perfect, but pretty good. And once you get used to the feel of it riding switch, you can ride it pretty aggressively switch when you need to. Transitions to switch are pretty good too. Can't get too sloppy with it, but don't have to be perfect in those transitions either. 

Spins

Good setting up and landing switch and good amount of pop with a fair bit easy access. Didn't feel super light, but didn't notice that too much in the air. 

Butters

Not super easy to butter. At first it feels like there's less there than there is though. You do have really lean your weight over the tip and tail to get it to press, but it will when you do put that extra effort in. 

Score Breakdown and Final Verdict

The Custom Camber is one of those boards that when you get on it, you feel like you've been riding it for years, after your first couple of turns. And it's just really fun and consistent wherever you take it. 

It can handle a certain amount of powder, but would be a little sinky in really deep powder. And whilst an experienced jibber should be able to hit the jibs in the park, a little trickier for those, when you're not as experienced. 

But for everything else, this board can handle everything you throw at it, but is also capable and fun when riding it slower as well, so you don't have to be blasting down the hill the whole day. You can get lazy and cruise when you feel the need.