Burton Day Trader Written Review Review by The Good Ride

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The Burton Day Trader is a free-ride snowboard that borders on the all-mountain line. So when you are riding it doesn’t feel super aggressive like some free-ride boards tend to do.

The Day Trader was a little difficult to make short radius closed turns through bumpy terrain or trees where you wanted to take speed off fast. It feels great at fast speeds. And it loves to make open medium to large radius turns and just cruise anywhere you want to take it.

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Size: 150

Days: 1

Conditions: Powder, choppy tracked snow, groomers

Riders: Steph, Dallas

Boots: Vans Ferra

Bindings: Union Milan

Set Up: 21″ Centered 15 front -15 back

Approximate Weight: I thought it felt a little heavy, and Dallas thought it felt a little light. I think it is an average weight. It felt heavier to me because I usually ride boards a little smaller and this was a 150.

Flex/Buttering: The Day Trader has a medium stiff flex that keeps the board feeling forgiving. It is stiff enough to keep it stable when you take it up to speed. And it feels stable off of jumps and drops. Buttering was doable but not very easy.

Sizing: 140, 145, 150, 154

On Snow Feel: The Day Trader has a slightly loose feel on snow that is playful feeling for a directional freeride board. But it is solid enough to make you feel good when you want to step it up a little.

Edge Hold: The edge hold felt good on medium to hard snow. I encountered a surprise patch of ice while riding and the edges held ok, but it slid a little more than I wanted it to. It would be ok but not ideal for a day that has a lot of ice.

Turn Initiation: It is medium fast to turn. For being a bigger board than I normally ride it turned well. But I felt like I could feel the flat under the feet when I was on groomers. This made it feel like it took a little longer to get on edge. Powder turn initiation was fast and easy though.

Turning Experience: The medium to large radius turns were fun and easy to make. The Burton Day Trader likes to charge open turns down the mountain. Small radius closed turns were a little slower and challenging to make.

Carving: It can make good turns at speed and feel stable, it wasn’t my favorite for getting over onto a high edge angle, the Day Trader felt more at home making skidded turns rather than carve turns but it did ok.

Speed: Feels great at higher speeds, it is nice and stable. I didn’t get chatter from the nose at all.

Uneven Terrain: Bumpy snow was fine to get through as long as you keep the nose in the fall line and kind of power through, but trying to turn tightly and take speed off was a bit challenging.

Powder: Felt great in powder, you are able to turn it well through trees as long as you are ok with taking them at speed, open powder turns were really fun, and drops into fresh snow felt great too.

Switch: Riding switch was much easier than I thought it would be. You can feel the tail is short but it still has a little rocker in the tail to keep it from feeling catchy when you are riding switch.

Jumps: Jumps were fun on the Day Trader, it has good pop and a nice stable feel on take-offs and landings.

Jibbing: Didn’t try it on any jibs, but it wouldn’t make an easy jibber board.

Pipe: Might be fun making slashy turns on the walls, we didn’t have a pipe at the time though so I wasn’t able to try it out.