The Official Burton Thread

[Msteff]

I rode the grill master last season for a run or two at a demo. It was a 55w, so not really my preferred size, but I was left feeling very meh. Felt really directional and planky to me; not at all the playful versatile daily driver it’s marketed as; at least not in my opinion. That said everyone’s day looks different, so for someone else doing different things than I am maybe it would be perfect.

[eleveneightnate]

I rode the grill master last season for a run or two at a demo. It was a 55w, so not really my preferred size, but I was left feeling very meh. Felt really directional and planky to me; not at all the playful versatile daily driver it’s marketed as; at least not in my opinion. That said everyone’s day looks different, so for someone else doing different things than I am maybe it would be perfect.

Interesting! That does sound totally different than how it has been marketed and reviewed. What're your specs for reference?

[Msteff]

I’m 5’10 and 190lbs, 9.5 Vans high standard. Old man, been riding since I think 93. Mostly east coast. I grew up during the east coast pipe heyday which really shaped what types of boards I liked for a long time (I.e stiff, narrow, lots of side cut) but I look back and can’t imagine riding boards like that today. Now absent any kind of special purpose boards I gravitate towards boards that are on the softer end of mid stiff(6/10ish), camber or mostly camber, with modest waste width and modest side cuts, in the mid 150s as daily drivers. I also like boards with a long effective edge and running length. I don’t really have much of a brand preference these days. My ideal daily would be a 156 with a bit of early rise in the nose, full camber through the tail, with a 25.6 waste width, and an 8.3m sidecut.

[jota]

A playful board for a pro is never playful for us who aren’t pros and are older than the pros… although we are not really old men here…

[Msteff]

All very true. Old is relative. Compared to the majority of the current pros I’m a dinosaur given I’ll be 40 in January. That said if you are only as old as you feel I’m mentally in my late teens and physically in my late 60s.

[pow_hnd]

Ha Ha, I'm 50, and already have a total knee replacement I'm rolling on. But yeah, mentally, still feel like I'm in my 20s or early 30s....

As long you keep using it you, for the most part, don't lose it. This winter though may start off a bit rough, been remodeling the house all summer and haven't done jack shit for exercise/workouts. Hoping to have the house wrapped up in the next 6 weeks and then get back on that horse to hopefully be ready for first snowfall... I'm getting a second carpel tunnel surgery on Nov 1st so that could fuck things up a bit as well, but I'll make it work.

[scrub]

I’m also 50, mentally 30 and physically 60.

I really think I need to slim down my quiver and get a Burton Custom or hometown hero as a daily driver for this winter.

[C.Fuzzy]

But where area we all emotionally...

on a scale of djvc to cool hand luke

[coleslawed]

what a scale

[jsil]

Did anyone end up riding the Gril Master last season? It's on my radar as a travel board, sounds really fun.

My friend Lars is admittedly not a fan of Burton boards in general.. chalk it up to them having a different approach that doesn't fit his style. He said this last season:

"The gril master was amazing. Not a Burton. Totally different feel. More like Nidecker or k2. Power wagon was crap. Their factory tune is so insanely bad......

For some reason that Gril Master had decent edges. So that made the ride better. But the main thing was the flex and damping. The stiff tips of squeeze box were much less noticeable and the board was calm and damp. Literally the opposite of the last 15 Burton boards I’ve tried."

You love the United Shapes Cadet, right? It seems that the Gril Master and the Cadet share a lot of DNA. Thoughts?