Hello and welcome to my Burton Kilroy Process review.
In this review, I will take a look at the Kilroy Process as a freestyle snowboard.
As per tradition here at SnowboardingProfiles.com I will give the Kilroy Process a score out of 100 (based on several factors) and see how it compares with other freestyle snowboards.
NOTE: The 2019 model was the last model of the Kilroy Process. The Kilroy Twin has replaced it though and is essentially the same board.
Overall Rating
Board: Burton Kilroy Process 2019
Price: $399 (USD recommended retail)
Style: Freestyle
Flex Rating: Medium-Soft
Flex Feel on Snow: Medium-Soft (4/10)
Rating Score: 83.5/100
Compared to other Men’s Freestyle Boards
Out of the 36 men’s freestyle snowboards that I rated:
Overview of the Kilroy Process’ Specs
Check out the tables for the Kilroy Process' specs and available sizes.
Specs
Style: | Freestyle |
Price: | $399 |
Ability Level: |  |
Flex: |  |
Feel: |  |
Turn Initiation: | Medium-Fast |
Edge-hold: |  |
Camber Profile: | |
Shape: | |
Setback Stance: | Centered |
Base: | Sintered |
Weight: | Normal |
Sizing
Length (cm) | 148 | 152 | 155 | 159 |
Waist Width (mm) | 248 | 250 | 252 | 255 |
Rec Rider Weight (lb) | 100-150 | 120-180 | 120-180 | 150-200 |
Rec Rider Weight (kg) | 45-68 | 54-82 | 54-82 | 68-91 |
Who is the Kilroy Process Most Suited To?
The Kilroy Process is for anyone who likes traditional camber and likes to ride freestyle. It's a great deck for the park and for a more aggressive freestyle style of riding.
Certainly not for the beginner. But a solid intermediate rider (& up of course) should be fine if they like the feel of camber but want a softer flex for riding the park.
Not for riding backcountry or powder either but I did debate putting this in the aggressive-all-mountain-freestyle category but decided it fit better in the freestyle category, with it's softer flex. But it's certainly capable of carving up groomers and also riding freestyle over the rest of the mountain.
The Kilroy Process in More Detail
O.k. let’s take a more detailed look at what the Kilroy Process is capable of.
Demo Info
Board: Kilroy Process 2019, 155cm (252mm waist width)
Date: April 15, 2018
Conditions: There was a little bit of fresh snow in the morning but just a few centimeters. There was still some left over fresh snow from the previous couple of days but not as much there as there was the day before.
Quite cold in the morning, especially for April, but warmed up in the afternoon as the sun came out.
Visibility was variable in the morning for the first couple of laps but cleared out pretty quickly with the sun coming out late morning.
There were a couple of harder spots but mostly pretty soft/medium all round.
Bindings angles: +15/-15
Stance width: 570mm (22.4″)
Stance Setback: Centered
Width at Inserts: 264mm
Powder
Not designed to ride powder. It’s not like you can’t. Of course you can ride powder with any board, but the Kilroy Process is going to be harder work to make sure you don’t sink your nose compared to most boards out there, especially in deeper powder. A back leg burner for sure.
Carving & Turning
The Kilroy Process isn’t a half bad carver, given it’s softer flex and twin shape and centered stance. It’s not a world beating carver but you can certainly lay some carves down on it. And that’s in no doubt mostly because of all that camber. It has a tighter rather than wider carve radius.
Not the best for skidded turns but not the worst. It’s all camber so it’s not forgiving of skidded turns. You could find yourself catching a fair few edges if you get it wrong. That said, I was able to skid turns on it. Not the hardest to skid turns on – and that softer flex probably helps there. Add a bit more stiffness to this and it would be quite a catchy board.
Fine for standard S turns though – again so long as you get that technique good. Again, you can get a little off your game technique-wise, but not too much.
It’s also nice and agile, particularly at slower speeds, so was fun to play in the trees with (though the 155 length helped there too). Wouldn’t be as good in the trees if there was a ton of powder though.
Let’s Break up this text with a Video
Speed
Again all that camber helps when you’re getting up speed. But it does start to get a bit wobbly when really moving. It’s not bad for a freestyle deck and for its softer flex, but it’s not an out and out bomber either.
Uneven Terrain
It’s fairly good in late afternoon weekend resort crud and in undulating terrain. It’s not ideal but you can certainly ride in those kinds of conditions and still have fun on this board.
Jumps
Now we come into the Kilory Process’ forte.
This board is sick to jump with.
It’s nice and maneuverable on approaches to any tricky side-hits, it’s relatively stable on approaches to bigger jumps and it’s got a stable landing platform. But this boards biggest assets on jumps is pop. This board has plenty of pop. And that pop is really easy to access. You don’t have to really put in effort to load up the pop – it comes out really easily.
A slightly wider platform for landings and a little more stability at speed for approaches to larger jumps would give it the perfect score, but otherwise it’s a great board for jumps.
Great for spins. Feels easy to swing around and landing and taking off in switch for 180s, 540s etc it’s really good there too.
Switch
It’s a centered true twin board – so doesn’t get much better than that for switch. Only if it was asym would it be able to be any better. But that’s picking at things. It’s basically the same going in both directions. Great for landing and taking off switch.
Jibbing/Butters
I’m not personally a fan of too much camber for jibbing. So, it wouldn’t be something that I would get as a jib specialist. But I was happy hitting jibs on this thing. It did the job and is fine for those that just want to hit occasional jibs or have another board for jib days.
Not as easy for buttering as you would think, given it’s flex. Butterable but it takes a bit of work.
Score Breakdown and Final Verdict
Check out the breakdown of the score in the table below.
FACTOR | rating (OUT OF 5) | contribution to final score |
|---|---|---|
Switch | 4.5 | 22.5/25 |
Jumps | 4.5 | 22.5/25 |
Jibbing | 3.0 | 12/20 |
Uneven Terrain | 3.5 | 7/10 |
Powder | 2.0 | 2/5 |
Carving/Turning | 3.5 | 3.5/5 |
Speed | 3.0 | 3/5 |
Pipe | 3.5 | 3.5/5 |
TOTAL after normalizing | 83.5/100 |
Overall the Kilroy Process is a great option for anyone who wants a poppy, all camber, semi aggressive park board that can also carve up the groomers when wanted.
It also comes with a pretty reasonable price tag, so if you want all that without hurting the wallet too much, then it should be on your shortlist.
More Info, Current Prices and Where to Buy Online
If you’re interested in learning more about the Kilroy Process, are ready to buy or want to research current prices and availability, check out the links below.
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Hello Nate
I hope you’re doing well. Since you do not have a detailed review for the name dropper. I would like to get your opinion on the main differences between Kilroy twin and name dropper? I know both are made for the park/freestyle, but I’d like to know more about your opinion of which board is best for what? (Buttering, jibbing, small jumps, big jumps etc).
Much appreciated!
Ps this message might be repeated as I tried to type it more than once and it kept reloading the page. So ignore if you got a duplicate.
Hi Hamad
Thanks for your message.
I haven’t ridden the Name Dropper since the 2015 model, so I can’t give you too much of an accurate comparison between the current Name Dropper and the Kilroy Twin. The Name Dropper in 2015 had a flat-to-rocker profile and now has the purepop camber profile. Though it looks like not much else has changed with it.
Based on the 2015 Name Dropper and taking into account the new purepop camber profile, this is what I would predict to be the main differences:
Buttering: The Name Dropper would have it over the Kilroy Twin in terms of ease of buttering, IMO, I would predict. Certainly the 2015 Name Dropper is easier to butter than the 2021 Kilroy Twin. But both are quite buttery. The 2021 Kilroy Twin I’d say probably 4/5 for buttering, with the Name Dropper being more like 5/5. Couldn’t say what the 2020 or 2021 Name Dropper are like for sure, but I don’t think the core has really changed, and I’d say the Purepop is a little more buttery than the traditional camber on the Kilroy Twin. That said, the Kilroy Twin might be a little harder to butter, but probably provides more spring there, when you put that energy into it.
Jibbing: The Name Dropper 2015 was a bit of jib specialist, so I would say that over the Kilroy Twin for sure. As for the purepop camber models I suspect they aren’t quite as jib friendly as the older models, but still super jib friendly, even with that purepop. So I would predict better than the Kilroy Twin. But Kilroy Twin not bad for it either. I rode the 2021 model and preferred it on jibs vs the 2019 Kilroy Process I rode. But still I’d say Name Dropper takes it there.
Small Jumps/Big Jumps: The Kilroy Twin for sure over the 2015 Name Dropper. Just way more pop/spring and just better landing, better everything for jumps, IMO. With the PurePop camber, I would say that the newer Name Droppers would be better than the older models, but I would be very surprised if they are as good for jumps as the Kilroy Twin, which is really fun for jumps. Both for small and larger jumps.
In terms of the main differences spec-wise, the biggest things are that the Kilroy Twin has a full camber profile vs the Purepop camber on the Name Dropper and that the Kilroy Twin is a little bit stiffer flexing. But that’s not going to be a massive difference – and the Kilroy Twin isn’t stiff by any means. 4/10 flex, IMO. With the Name Dropper being more like 3/10.
There are also some shape/dimension differences too, like sidecut, effective edge etc. But yeah, in terms of buttering, jibbing & jumps, I would predict the above.
Hope this helps
Amazing! Thanks for the info!
What about carving? Which would be better in your opinion?
Hi Hamad
I would say the Kilroy Twin for carving. That extra camber and the slightly stiffer flex would really help there. Certainly the Kilroy Twin streets better than the 2015 Name Dropper. I’d say the new Name Dropper is better than the old, but still would expect it to be a notch down from the Kilroy Twin.
Hey Nate
I hope you’re doing well. How’s the new Kilroy twin different than the name dropper? Which part of the “park” different activities each one is better at in your opinion?
Also, any major differences?
Thanks!