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Burton Bullet Wide Snowboard Review

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$329
Beginner All Mountain Wide Foot Only Riders
Directional Shape with Continuous Rocker
A decent board for the price.  It has none of the high end tech that most Burton boards but it has Burtons customer service to back it up if there are any issues. Rocker has more advantages for beginners than advanced to expert riders.  It is very forgiving, catch free and floats better in powder. This is pretty mellow rocker to make it a little easier than some rocker boards when getting off the chair and one footing but flat/rocker and hybrid camber boards are still better.  Burton's rocker boards including the Bullet are missing edge hold that many other boards have so it's not very esy to learn in hard pack to icy conditions on this board.  If you are going to be riding in areas with good snow this is a good board but if you are going to learn in places like the east coast look somewhere else.   So if you need a board that has the Burton name on it this is a decent rocker choice for beginners.

How It Rides

Groomers Average   Speed Rough
  Flex Soft   Rails/
Jibbing
Average
Powder Average   Weight Average
  Carving
Rough
  Pipe Average
Turn Initiation
Super Easy   Edge Hold Average   Switch Average   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. Now it is still pretty much made for the same 2 functions. Continuous Rocker helps you maintain a catch free forgiving ride which is excellent for beginner and Intermediate riders.  Almost every one we tried has to be on edge or it will wander.  The biggest issue we see it’s not very stable flat basing or one footing.  There are very few continuous rocker boards that can perform well at high speeds. Continuous rocker is for the most part really poppy and helps you generate your own air. This is a good choice for beginners, park rats and people who only ride powder.

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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.


Company Information

Burton Bullet 2012

Burton 

BULLET

Artillery for the big boot army.

Toe drag is terrible. But fear not for the Bullet™ is extra wide to accommodate those big boots. Playful and catch-free, it’s the quickest trick for mastering the entire mountain. The rocker freedom of EZ V combines with Cruise Control to lift the edges, soften the flex, and make the board feel forgiving from tip to tail. The twin flex gives you the freedom to have fun no matter which way you point it.

Features

+          Double Chair Package

+          Cruise Control

+          BEND: EZ V

+          SHAPE: Directional [3-6MM Taper Depending on Size]

+          FLEX: Twin

+          CORE: Fly®

+          FIBERGLASS: Biax™

+          BASE: Extruded

+          SIDEWALLS: Slantwall

+          EXTRAS: Cruise Control Edge Tune

ARTIST: Mike Giant [www.mikegiant.com]

Sizes:

154cm WIDE (256 WW)

157cm WIDE (258 WW)

160cm WIDE (260 WW)

164cm WIDE (262 WW)

Feel: 2

 

Burton Bullet 2011

Burton

BULLET

Artillery for the big boot army.

Toe drag is terrible. But fear not for the Bullet™ is extra wide to accommodate those big boots. Playful and catch-free, it’s the quickest trick for mastering the entire mountain. NEW EZ V combines with Cruise Control™ to lift the edges, soften the flex, and make the board feel forgiving from tip to tail. The twin flex gives you the freedom to mess around regular or switch.

Features

+          Double Chair Package

+          Cruise Control

+          ROCKER: NEW EZ V 

+          SHAPE: Directional [3-6MM Taper Depending on Size]

+          FLEX: Twin 

+          CORE: Fly® Core with Negative Profile 

+          FIBERGLASS: Biax™  

+          BASE: Extruded 

+          EDGES: Cruise Control Tune 

+          SIDEWALLS: Slantwall 

+          EXTRAS: Includes a free LTR lesson & lift ticket package at select resorts. Visit burton.com/gosnowboarding for more info.

Sizes:

154cm WIDE (256 WW)

157cm WIDE (258 WW)

160cm WIDE (260 WW)

164cm WIDE (262 WW)

 

Feel: 2

NEW EZ V

Get right to the good times with our NEW EZ V. Continuous catch-free and forgiving, rocker combines with the effortless edge control of a slightly tapered shape for more float, fun and all-around easiness regardless of terrain or condition.

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Specs

Burton Bullet Wide Specs 2012


Bullet Snowboard Bullet Snowboard Bullet Snowboard Bullet Snowboard
BOARD SIZE 154Wcm 157Wcm 160Wcm 164Wcm
RUNNING LENGTH 1160mm 1190mm 1210mm 1250mm
WAIST WIDTH 256mm 258mm 260mm 262mm
SIDECUT DEPTH 22.3mm 22.9mm 23.3mm 23.75mm
SIDECUT RADIUS 7.55m 7.74m 7.87m 8.24m
STANCE WIDTH 530mm 560mm 560mm 560mm
NOSE WIDTH 303.1mm 306.3mm 309.1mm 312.5mm
TAIL WIDTH 298.1mm 301.3mm 304.1mm 306.5mm
EFFECTIVE EDGE 1207.5mm 1240mm 1260mm 1300mm
STANCE LOCATION 25 25 25 25
WEIGHT RANGE 120-170 lbs. / 54-77 kg. 130-180 lbs. / 59-82 kg. 145-195 lbs. / 66-88 kg. 155-205 lbs. / 70-93 kg.
BINDING SIZES Large Large Large Large

Burton Bullet Wide Specs 2011

Bullet Snowboard Bullet Snowboard Bullet Snowboard Bullet Snowboard
BOARD SIZE 154cm 157cm 160cm 164cm
RUNNING LENGTH 1160mm 1190mm 1210mm 1250mm
WAIST WIDTH 256mm 258mm 260mm 262mm
SIDECUT DEPTH 22.3mm 22.9mm 23.3mm 23.75mm
SIDECUT RADIUS 7.55m 7.74m 7.87m 8.24m
STANCE WIDTH 530mm 560mm 560mm 560mm
NOSE WIDTH 303.1mm 306.3mm 309.1mm 312.5mm
TAIL WIDTH 298.1mm 301.3mm 304.1mm 306.5mm
EFFECTIVE EDGE 1207.5mm 1240mm 1260mm 1300mm
STANCE LOCATION 25 25 25 25
WEIGHT RANGE 120-170 lbs. / 54-77 kg. 130-180 lbs. / 59-81 kg. 145-195 lbs. / 65-88 kg. 155-205 lbs. / 70-92 kg.

 

 

Burton Bullet Snowboard Specs 2010

BOARD SIZE 154cm 157cm 160cm 164cm
RUNNING LENGTH 1160mm 1190mm 1210mm 1250mm
WAIST WIDTH 256mm 258mm 260mm 262mm
SIDECUT DEPTH 22.3mm 22.9mm 23.3mm 23.75mm
SIDECUT RADIUS 7.55mm 7.74mm 7.87mm 8.24mm
STANCE WIDTH 530mm 560mm 560mm 560mm
NOSE WIDTH 303.1mm 306.3mm 309.1mm 312.5mm
TAIL WIDTH 298.1mm 301.3mm 304.1mm 306.5mm
EFFECTIVE EDGE 1207.5mm 1240mm 1260mm 1300mm
STANCE LOCATION 25 25 25 25
WEIGHT RANGE 125-180 lbs. / 57-82 kg. 135-185 lbs. / 61-84 kg. 150-200 lbs. / 68-91 kg. 160-210 lbs. / 73-95 kg.
BINDING SIZES Large Large Large Large

 

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2012 Burton Bullet

2011 Burton Bullet

2010 Burton Bullet



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