Burton Flying V Snowboard - 09/10 - 2009 BCS

I've ridden the Burton Hero and the Custom V Rocker boards for a couple days each, and neither compare in their handling precision to the Flying V. This board makes quick cuts very easy, so it's great for moguls and backwoods terrain. It's also is great at picking up speed quickly and maintaining control at higher speeds. I cannot say enough about how awesome this board is.

I was scepticle about having the camber under the bindings which made a very noticeable rocker between the bindings. It was an idea that seemed more like a selling point rather than a good riding board. We already know that ICS channel sys owns and im not gonna talk about that. I was completely amazed in how the board handled. There were a few times i should have caught an edge but the board seemed to just naturally float back where it needed to be without much thinking. Im more of a all mountain freestyle rider than i am a park junkie but it made me look like a pro on the boxes. On the rest of the mountain it handles really well at high speeds and carved like any other camber board i have rode, but during dynamic spins and jumps on just about any terrain i could find, the rocker between the bindings really showed off. It just seemed to spin out perfect on every landing, even the ones that i should have caught an edge on. Im totally stoked about this board. The flying V shape is a completely different shape than any of the other v rocker boards burton has and it absolutely slayes the entire mountain. The pop was amazing, the carving was amazing, in the pow it just floated with no effort. There was some concern about this board in the reviews that i read before i bought one about it just seemed like a knock off from Lib Tech magna-traction. In my opinion its the same amount of grip and a better design. Think about it. With the camber under your bindings it adds 4 more contact points on each side of the board when put on edge. Same concept as magnatraction, however tuning this edge is a whole lot easier that tuning one of Lib's boards. It adds contact points through camber, not serating an edge. That offers much easier edge tuning with a regular edge tuner. Lib has some great boards, one of the best even. But there is always a different way of doing things and you cant blame burton for improving a great idea and make it more user friendly. With the mix of rocker and camber it will handle the entire mountain, and perform in the park just as good as any other park board. Sounds like a win win situation to me. I cant wait to see burton put this rocker shape on more of its boards, and i will certainly buy another flying v next year if they make one. Hope this helps! This board is sick!