Powder

The Stratos is a versatile all-mountain board designed for riders who want to turn the whole mountain into their playground. Its tapered shape and responsive flex make it quick and agile, whether you're slashing powder, carving groomers, or powering through variable snow.

From deep days to hardpack laps, the Stratos delivers a playful yet stable ride that’s perfect for pushing your freestyle skills across any terrain. One board, endless possibilities.

Shape/Profile: Directional Camber / rocker

Flex: Mid-Stiff

Base: Sintered 8000

Details:

• Base:

• Material: Sintered 8000 Base

• Features: Ultra-fast, durable, and easy to repair; factory-waxed with WEND natural wax.

• Construction:

• Core: Power Core

• Composition: Bamboo, Paulownia, and Poplar

• Benefits: Lightweight, poppy, and stable with added durability and torsional stiffness from bamboo stringers.

   

• Laminate: Biax Fiberglass with Bio Resin

  • Structure: Dual-layer, multi-directional fiberglass laminate

  • Performance: Provides a lively yet forgiving ride with balanced mid-soft torsional flex and responsive energy transfer.

• Stringers: BComp Carbon Flax

  • Composition: Blend of carbon and flax

  • Advantages: Carbon adds pop and power, while flax smooths vibrations and reduces environmental impact compared to full carbon designs.

• Topsheet: Premium Topsheet

• Features: Durable and scratch-resistant, designed for daily use.

• Sidewalls: Recycled ABS

• Design: Round finish to deflect impacts and prevent chipping and cracks, enhancing durability.

• Edges: Recycled German Steel

• Quality: Bombproof edges made for strength and longevity.

• 3D Contour Base 3.0:

• Design: Freeride-focused 3D base contours with 7mm spoon bevel in both nose and tail.

• Benefits: Reduces tip drag for effortless turns, better glide, and enhanced float.

• Traction Tech 3.0:

  • Structure: Three bumps per edge (front binding, board center, back binding).

  • Function: Enhances edge grip, providing a firm, reliable hold on the snow.

• Float Pack Inserts:

• Purpose: Additional set of inserts for a setback stance, making deep powder riding easier.

• Factory Tuned:

• Preparation: All Jones boards come detuned in the tip and tail, ready to ride straight from the factory.

• WEND Natural Wax:

• Application: Factory-waxed with WEND natural wax, ready to ride as soon as you hit the mountain.

• Forever Flex:

• Process: Overbuilt during manufacturing and then broken in to mimic 20 days of riding, ensuring consistent flex throughout the board's life.

Size Guide

The 2026 Burton Counterbalance is a powerhouse snowboard, made for those who demand nothing but the best in performance. With its directional camber, this board delivers unmatched precision, responsiveness, and power. Perfect for tackling fresh snow while still holding an edge on groomers, the Counterbalance thrives in any terrain. Sit back, relax, and let this top-performing board guide you to new heights.

Shape/Profile: Directional Camber

Flex: Mid

Base: Sintered WFO

Details:

• A tapered directional snowboard features a shape where the tail is narrower than the nose, providing enhanced control and stability in deeper snow. This design improves floatation in powder and allows for smoother turns, making it ideal for freeride and backcountry riding. 
• Directional Camber incorporates rocker in the nose, enhancing float in powder while preserving the responsiveness and stability of traditional camber.

• Inserts: The Channel

  The Burton Channel forgoes the traditional mounting system and introduces a channel for your front and rear inserts. This allows you to fine-tune your stance width and gives you more freedom in your stance location. The Channel is compatible with most major binding brands, but works best with Burton EST bindings.

• Laminate: 45° Carbon Highlights:

  The 45° Carbon Highlights is a tip-to-tail carbon layer that cuts down on weight while incorporating 45° angled fibers. This design enhances the board's torsional flex, delivering a more aggressive and responsive ride.

• The Super Fly II 700G Core combines stronger, lighter woods in key areas, boosting pop and strength while reducing weight for a more responsive ride.
• Dualzone EGD aligns the wood grain along the heel and toe edges in two continuous zones, perpendicular to the rest of the core. This setup ensures superior edge hold and strength, delivering a more consistent and stable ride.
• Squeezebox blends thicker, more powerful sections with thinner, more flexible ones throughout the core. This profile improves energy transfer, making the board snappier and enhancing its stability.
• Edge: Frostbite Edges
  Frostbite Edges extend slightly under your bindings, providing extra edge hold on hardpack and ice for superior control and stability in challenging conditions.
• The Sintered WFO base—short for Wide F!#@ing Open—features a high-density, extra absorbent material infused with a special wax. This creates a durable, fast base that handles all conditions with ease.
• Infinite Ride:
  Burton's Infinite Ride process overbuilds each board in the factory before using machinery to break it in. This ensures your board maintains its pop and performance from day one to day 100, year after year, for consistent, long-lasting performance.