Ride Burnout Snowboard Review

Who is the Burnout Most Suited to?

The Burnout is great for anyone who wants to be able to ride fast and carve up the resort but who also wants a twin and something they can bomb switch and something that they can use for jumps (natural or in the park) and spins.

It’s a more advanced level board – it’s pretty unforgiving of skidded turns and requires you to be on your game. Not for beginners.

Also, not ideal for powder.

If you like an aggressive freestyle board that can carve and bomb the mountain at speed and you know you like that locked-in feel of traditional camber, then the Burnout should be on your radar.

Stance Setback: Centered

Rider Height: 6'0"

Rider Weight: 180lbs

Rider Boot Size: US10 Vans Aura

Bindings Used: Burton Malavita M

Powder

Not really one for the powder. Could handle it of course, as every snowboard can, but it takes effort on this board.

And that’s not really a surprise given the trad camber profile, true twin shape and centered stance.

Carving & Turning

I felt it was very catchy (or locked in if you want to put it that way) - you had to ride it properly or it felt like it was going to catch an edge and buck you. Unforgiving of errors or laziness.

Skidding turns is a no-go zone on this board but good spring out of turns and relatively fast edge-to-edge. As long as you ride this thing aggressively and don’t get lazy or loose technique, then it’s a fun ride.

Speed

Very fast for a twin and very stable at speed. It wants to lock you in to a line and just bomb it. It wants to go fast – it’s not interested in slowing down and playing around too much – you feel like you want to ride this thing fast.

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Uneven Terrain

If you have your bumpy terrain technique down solid you can negotiate the bumps pretty well on this board – but it does require that technique – another reason why this is more for the advanced riders out there.

Otherwise, it’s not that much fun in that Saturday afternoon chunder and can be hard work.

Jumps

Was fun to ollie on and hit natural kickers on and jumps in the park.

It’s got good pop and this is where you really appreciate all that camber. Stable on landings too.

Switch

It’s a true twin (but not asymmetrical) so felt pretty much the same in either direction.

But, of course, it has that same locked-in, unforgiving feeling riding switch too, so if your switch game is still a work in progress, it will be a more difficult ride riding switch than some other more forgiving boards.

If you’ve got your switch game down, then this board will be the same fast, explosive, springy ride going fakie as it is riding in your normal stance.

Jibbing

Not the kind of board that’s ever going to be a jib specialist. It feels a little stiff and too much camber for it to be a great jibber. And if you’re not a confident jibber, it wouldn’t be the one to get confident on.

That said, if you are a more experienced jibber but jibbing is only a small part of your repertoire (or if you have another board for pure park days), then you’ll be fine hitting the jib line occasionally on this.

Pipe

I imagine this board would go well in the pipe (didn’t take it in one). It has good speed, good pop, spins easy and has decent edge hold. Also, it’s centered and is a true twin shape.

This is an aggressive freestyle board for the whole mountain. Something for the more experienced, more aggressive all-mountain freestyle rider.