Burton: Women's The Social Snowboard

Ideal for women who know they want to master everything in the park including freestyle tricks, the all-new The Social from Burton is an exceptional freestyle twin for beginners. It also offers more performance-to-dollar features than a lot of competitor snowboards currently on the market. The Social features an affordable and proven Fly wood core, a strategic balance of lighter woods in specific areas for better response and denser woods where support is essential. Burton's Pressure Distribution Edges with Rail Ready Tuning allow you to rail slide without hang-ups or dull edge hold on hardpack snow. Bi-directional layers in the Biax React fiberglass around the wood core give the board a little more flex than boards with Triax fiberglass, giving you a little more forgiveness when you need it. The Lightspeed Vision Base offers an incredibly smooth extruded base that can glide even without wax. The "Vision" in the name means that you'll never have to worry about others looking at dull graphics when you explode off the rim of a halfpipe (obviously that move comes a little later for beginners). Unlike some entry-level or recreational snowboards, The Social has a negative core profile, not an even core profile that sometimes offers more stability to beginners. The negative core profile could lengthen the learning curve a tad for some riders, but the advantage is that new riders learn how to control the board through independent foot control sooner than riders who later transition (with added expense) to a negative core snowboard. Because most Burton boards feature a negative core profile, transitioning from The Social to a more advanced design doesn't require much adaptation because you're ahead of the learning curve.

• Burton "feel" rating: 2 on a scale of 1 to 8
• A forgiving, twin-shaped freestyle ride that excels on the groomed, blitzes the park and does well on rails and in powder
• Transworld Snowboard Good Wood winner, "Top Ten Women's Boards Under
• 399"
• Nose/waist/tail widths in 142 cm.: 279.7/240/279.7 mm.
• Sidecut radius in 142 cm.: 6.69 m.
• Stance width in 142 cm.: 480 mm.
• New V-Rocker Shape with center rocker and rocker in front of feet for improved pop and skate-like feel
• Burton Twin Cruise Control Technology with smoother, less-catchy Rail Ready tuning
• New Pro-Tip design tapers the thickness of the tip and tail for improved swing weight and better flex
• Burton Lightspeed Vision base
• Biax React fiberglass with bi-directional layers that forgive while holding edges
• Fly wood core with weight-specific woods in key response areas
• New Pressure Distribution Edges
• Dualzone Edge Grain Direction at toe and heel edges for enhanced edging
• Durable Burton Slantwall sidewall construction
• Negative core profile for softer flex and torsion between bindings resulting in more independent foot control
• Snowboard includes Burton's offer for a free Learn to Ride lesson and lift ticket at select resorts
• Suggested weight range: 70-125 lbs. (32-56 kg.) in 138 cm., 155 lbs. (70 kg.) max in 151 cm. length