Burton Frontier Jake Burton probably didn't know it when he started modifying Snurfers 25 years ago, but snowboards were made for Alaska. His baby changed how we get down big, treeless mountains. Riders took a different approach.
Snowboards have enough surface area to float high on the snowpack.
It didn't take ski companies long to catch on and begin building their own Alaskan sticks. The culmination of Burton's 16 years of Alaskan experience is the Frontier. That extra length is for speed, but speed is nothing without stability. Already 20 to 30 percent stiffer than standard freeride boards, the Frontier is even firmer between the front and back foot to provide a more solid platform for when you, say, hit a bergschrund at 50 mph. To compensate for the extra stiffness and to improve carving, Burton added more sidecut.