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A quiver-killing balance of freestyle and float.

A true quiver killer, the Burton Counterbalance Snowboard is cozy popping side hits across the mountain, capable in deep powder stashes, and even enjoys taking park laps. It achieves this rare balance with a directional shape and snappy flex that drives and floats through turns on groomers and deep days alike. Gender-neutral sizing means just about anyone with an appetite for achieving balance is free to find it here.

Flex: 5-8 (Mid / Stiff)

Details: 

• Counterbalance Amoeba: Artist Shawna X brings her bold, vibrant style to the Counterbalance with an abstract spin on a microscope view. The aptly named Amoeba graphic bursts with color and playfulness, matching the do-it-all spirit of the Counterbalance.
• Directional Camber Bend: A blend of camber under both feet and a rockered nose maintains stability through variable conditions and plenty of float in soft snow.
• Directional Control: Its directional shape and flex keep you carving and slashing with total control.
• Lightweight Feel: Super Fly 700G Core is a dual-species wood core that is loaded with pop and reduces overall weight without limiting performance.
• Snappy Pop: 45° Carbon Highlights from tip to tail deliver snappy pop without the stiff side effects.
• Compatibility: The Channel Board Mount is compatible with all major bindings and lets you dial in the stance exactly the way you like it.
• Directional Shape is the classic snowboard shape, designed to be ridden with a slightly longer nose than tail to concentrate pop in the tail while providing plenty of float, flow, and control to rip any terrain or condition
• 8mm Taper makes for quicker turn engagement, providing the feel and focus of a directional board without too much taper to impact your board when riding switch
• Directional Camber Bend has camber under both feet for stability through deep-diving turns and variable conditions and a rockered nose that adds lift for increased float
• Directional Flex features increased pop in the tail and a more resilient nose that allows riders to easily maintain control through all terrain and conditions
• Super Fly II 700G Core uses stronger and lighter woods to provide pop and strength while reducing overall weight; Dualzone EGD engineered wood grain positioned along the toe and heel edges on two continuous zones perpendicular to the core for more edge-hold, response, and strength
• 45° Carbon Highlights Fiberglass build optimizes each layer of the fiberglass matrix and adds a full tip-to-tail carbon layer to reduce weight and fine-tune torsional feel
• Sintered WFO Base infuses specially formulated wax deep into the pores of the extra-absorbent, high-density sintered material making it ultra-durable for riding all season in any condition

• BEND: Directional Camber
• SHAPE/FLEX: Directional, 8mm Taper, Directional
• CORE: Super Fly II 700G Core with Dualzone EGD, Squeezebox
• FIBERGLASS/BASE: 45° Carbon Highlights, Sintered WFO
• EXTRAS: Frostbite Edges, Infinite Ride, The Channel, Pro-Tip, Super Sap Epoxy
• Artist: Amoeba: Shawna X https://shawna-x.com/
• Personality: 5-8 (Medium - Aggressive)
• TERRAIN: Park: 6/10, All-Mountain: 8/10, Powder: 7/10

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.

The 2025 Custom X sits atop the Burton lineup, boasting aggression and precision few boards can match. Burton have pushed the limits with the Custom X, fitting in as much tech as possible while keeping the weight staggeringly low and delivering a stiff, stable, and responsive board fit for the worlds best. For this reason it is the weapon of choice for Burton riders when they need the highest performing snowboard, for everything from steep backcountry lines to world class competitions, like the Olympics, and anything in between, as long as it involves riding hard, fast, and pushing limits. 

Shape / Profile: Directional Camber

Flex: 5.5/10 Mid - Stiff

Base: Sintered WFO

Details:

• All Mountain
• The original, tried and true camber type, and the advocate of powerful turns and poppy precision. Traditional camber is the most aggressive camber type, offering unmatched power, response, and edge control.
• This board flexes the same in the nose and tail, allowing you to ride, pop, and press the same in regular and switch.
• This shape features a slightly longer nose than tail, which concentrates pop in the tail while providing extra float and control in any terrain.
• Dragonfly 600G - This core features stronger and lighter woods targeted in specific areas to provide more pop and strength while reducing weight along with end-grain woods in impact zones which allows lighter woods to be used in place of heavier woods, reducing weight without compromising strength.
• Multizone EGD - The wood grain of the core is positioned along the heel and toe edge in four separate zones adjacent to the channel, channeling power from the source directly to the edges for ultimate strength and edge control.
• 45° Carbon Highlights - A tip to tail carbon layer reduces weight and contains 45° angled fibres, fine tuning the torsional flex to make a more aggressive ride.
• Squeezebox consists of thicker, more powerful sections combined with thinner, more flexible sections profiled throughout the core. This enhances energy transfer and makes the board snappier and more stable.
• Standing for Wide F!#@ing Open, this base made from an extra absorbent, high density sintered material that is infused with a specially formulated wax, resulting in an ultra durable base that rides Wide F!#@ing Open.
• The Burton Channel system forgoes your traditional 4-screw 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.
• Infinite Ride - Burton is able to maximise pop and performance by overbuilding their boards in the factory, and then using machinery to break it down for you. This allows your board to ride the same from day one, to day 100, season after season.
• The tip and tail of this board taper out at the points, reducing swing weight and promoting mobility.
• Edges that extend out slightly underneath your bindings for enhanced edge hold on hardpack and ice.
• Super Sap is a bio-based resin that reduces the carbon footprint by 50% over conventional petroleum-based epoxies.

SIZE GUIDE:

The Coda is a highly versatile, big mountain twin, with a shape, flex, and build that supports speed, big landings, and deeper snow. This quiver cornerstone features Arbor's 'Rise Above Plastic RAP' topsheet - a sustainably sourced powerply, with zero plastic. The new technology delivers a highly-responsive ride in a lighter, more responsible way. The System Camber design offers a poppy ride with crisp, fully engaged performance.

Shape: Camber

Flex: 7/10

Base: Sintered

Details:

• All Mountain
• The Camber System from Arbor is a parabolic take on positive camber that progressively reduces the amount of camber towards the tip and tail. This ensures your contact points don't dig too hard into the snow, preventing edge catch, making it easier to turn and spin, and giving you a poppy ride with fully engaged performance.
• A mid-stiff flex that is perfect for hard charging riders that need to get the most from their boards, but still like it to have a bit of play.
• This board is a twin but has a directional shaped nose and tail, so it can ride switch with no problems but will provide better float going forwards.
• Grip Tech is a combination of three separate sidecut radii in the nose, tail, and centre of the board, effectively giving the board an additional two contact points. This provides extra grip and control in all conditions, and also makes turning smoother, easier, and less catchy, without losing performance.
• Uprise Fenders - Due to the addition of Grip Tech, it's possible to slightly lift the outside contact points, reducing catch and improving tracking and turn initiation.
• The most progressive core from Arbor, the Double Barrel II Core is made from Poplar reinforced with two Bamboo struts running down the edges of the board for added torsional response and stability.
• A Triax and Biax layup that provides superior versatility over standard Triax or Biax layups.
• Sintered means fast and tough base material that is quick in all snow conditions.
• Hand Dyed Ash Powerply - This creates the style Arbor is known for, but isn't just for looks. Power Ply is a sustainably sourced layer of wood or bamboo that acts like an added layer of fibreglass due to a labor intensive process that results in increased performance, finish quality, board life, and less reliance on man made materials.
• R.A.P. Topless Technology - Built in a way that eliminates the need for a Bio-Plastic Topsheet, which makes it a lighter, more eco-friendly ride.
• 360° Fully Wrapped Sidewalls - These 360° sidewalls eliminate the need for tip fill, enhancing durability and improving board life.
• Recycled Steel Edges - These highly durable recycled steel edges promote sustainability without sacrificing quality.
• Entropy Bio-Resin - This board is made with Entropy Bio-Resin, which is a replacement for traditional petroleum-based resin that doesn't affect performance. The ingredients that go into Entropy Bio-Resin are co-products or waste products of other industrial processes and reduces the carbon footprint of the material by up to 40% (when compared to a petroleum-based equivalent).
• Wend Natural Wax - This board is waxed with Wend Natural Wax and is ready to ride straight out of the shop.
• Factory Tuned - This snowboard is factory de-tuned at the tip and tail, so you can go riding straight away.
• Recycled ABS - ABS Plastic is one of the necessary evils of snowboard production. Arbor improve the sustainability of this snowboard by using recycled plastic.

Size Guide: 

Pro-caliber is a heavy statement for any snowboard, but the Men's Burton Custom X has delivered time and time again for snowboarding's most demanding riders due to precise design and powerful drive. The elitest is in the tech, which includes the carbon-fueled snap of Squeezebox High core profiling, a competition-grade base, and 45° Carbon Highlights High-Voltage for the ultimate in lightweight responsiveness. The hardest charging board we make, the Custom X. 

Bend: Camber

Flex: 8/10

Base: Sintered (to go fast)

Details: 

• Directional Shape is the classic snowboard shape, designed to be ridden with a slightly longer nose than tail to concentrate pop in the tail while providing plenty of float, flow, and control to rip any terrain or condition.
• A Camber Bend advocates powerful turns and poppy precision, offering snappy suspension with weight distributed evenly across the entire board for smooth, continuous edge control from tip to tail.
• Twin Flex is perfectly symmetrical from tip to tail for a balanced ride that's equally versatile regular or switch.
• Dragonfly 600G Core with Multizone EGD uses end-grain woods in impact zones for lighter weight that doesn't sacrifice strength.
• 45° Carbon Highlights High Voltage Fiberglass build optimizes each layer of the fiberglass matrix, adding a full tip-to-tail carbon layer to reduce weight and fine-tune torsional feel and including carbon strands that give your board extra life.
• WFO Base infuses specially formulated wax deep into the pores of the extra-absorbent, high-density sintered material, making it ultradurable for riding all season in any condition.
• The Channel Board Mount is designed to help dial in the perfect stance and is compatible with all major bindings.