Burton Road Soda Snowboard Review

$420

Discontinued 2012
Intermediate to Expert Freestyle
A Directional Twin with Continuous Rocker
Now that Burton has realised that rocker is not a fad they put their best and brightest on a Burton style rocker snowboards. Now in their second year of making rocker they are doing a better job. Continuous ocker is really fun but not complete for an all conditions ride. The Road Soda leans more towards the jib side of the park. It's very small and manuverable and can do a decent job going from jib to jib.

How It Rides
Groomers	Rough	Speed	Poor	Flex	Noodle	Rails/ Jibbing	Excellent
Powder	Average	Weight	Medium	Carving	Rough	Pipe	Rough
Turn Initiation	Super Easy	Edge Hold	Average	Switch	Excellent	Jumps	Average

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The Good Ride Take

The Good Ride Take on Continuous Rocker
This is where it all started or re-started in the Mid 2000’s. In the beginning Continuous Rocker was mainly for park and powder. Today it's still pretty much made for the same 2 functions. There are a few boards that are made for all mountain to freeride use but most of those have migrated to hybrid shapes. Continuous Rocker helps you maintain a catch free forgiving ride which is excellent for beginner riders or those who ride at slower playful speeds through the park. Almost every one we have tried has to be on edge or it will wander giving you that squirrely feeling like a skateboard with loose trucks. The biggest issue is it isn't very stable flat basing or one footing in firmer snow. Continuous rocker is for the most part really poppy and helps you generate your own air. There are many styles of this shape so this could be a good choice for beginners, park rats and people who only ride powder.

The Good Ride Take on Burton

Burton is huge. They have developed or acquired most of the technology that we use today. Burton is one of the only companies that can provide you with everything you need to snowboard from boards to beanies. Burton even owns arguably the best surfboard company Channel Islands because Jake likes to surf. They are like the Yankees of snowboarding because they can always outspend their competition to win.

The positives- Burton provides more products for each gear/clothing/accessory category than any other company. Burton has possibly the best customer service in the snowboarding industry. Burton continuously spends more money than almost any company to develop new tech or just make what they have better. Burton sponsors more pro’s and get’s more high level user feed back than any other company. They have some of the best boots, bindings and boards in the industry. They also have great clothing.

The Negatives- Because Burton spends so much money on sponsorship and tech they have to pass this cost along to the products they sell. They relentlessly continue to jack up the prices every year. You are almost always going to get a good product from Burton’s higher end line but some mid to low level products don’t stack up to the competition in the same price range. Burton always tries to make proprietary tech like the channel tech and 3 hole binding tech so you can only ride Burton Gear which sucks! We wish they wouldn’t act like the Microsoft of snowboarding.

The bottom line is Burton is the 800lb patriarch of our industry that makes good stuff and backs it up with good customer service. The snowboarding world owes soo much to them but at the same time they can be very frustrating when it comes to price and proprietary technology.

Specs

Burton Road Soda Specs
BOARD SIZE	152cm	157cm	155cm
RUNNING LENGTH	1125mm	1155mm	1175mm
WAIST WIDTH	249mm	251mm	252mm
SIDECUT DEPTH	20.55mm	21.1mm	21.45mm
SIDECUT RADIUS	7.71m	7.91m	8.06m
STANCE WIDTH	530mm	530mm	530mm
NOSE WIDTH	290.1mm	293.2mm	294.9mm
TAIL WIDTH	290.1mm	293.2mm	294.9mm
EFFECTIVE EDGE	1165mm	1195mm	1215mm
STANCE LOCATION	12.5	12.5	12.5
WEIGHT RANGE	115-165 lbs. / 52-74 kg.	125-175 lbs. / 56-79 kg.	130-180 lbs. / 59-81 kg.
BINDING SIZES	Medium/Large	Medium/Large	Medium/Large