When the main man, Danny Davis, needs a big mountain board for the backcountry that is faster and more aggressive than his fan favourite Deep and Free Thinkers, he immediately looks to the 2023 Burton Family Tree Straight Chuter Split. Designed for the steepest, biggest, fastest terrain on the mountain, this big mountain board will easily handle any terrain other snowboards can't. A directional camber shape with an aggressive 18mm of taper gives you incredible manoeuvrability and stability when all you want to do is charge hard and keep control in big terrain.
Skill Level: Intermediate / Expert
Board Type: Powder
Camber Type: Directional Camber
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. Directional Camber puts rocker in the nose of the board, adding extra float in powder while retaining the response and stability of traditional camber.
Flex: 5.5/10 (1 = soft, 10 = stiff)
Twin Flex - This board flexes the same in the nose and tail, allowing you to ride, pop, and press the same in regular and switch.
Shape: Freeride Directional
This board has a shape designed specifically for freeriding, featuring a longer, wider nose and a shorter, 18mm tapered tail which combine to give you effortless float in powder and better performance riding forwards.
Core:
FSC Certified Dragonfly 600G Splitboard - 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 High Voltage - A tip to tail carbon layer reduces weight and contains 45° angled fibres, fine tuning the torsional flex to make a more aggressive ride. The addition of carbon strands to the angled fibre layers adds life to the board and further reduces weight.
Squeezebox - 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.
Base: Recycled Sintered WFO
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.
Mounting System: The Split Channel
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 Split Channel comes with Channel-Compatible pucks, premounted for for an easy setup. This system rides best with Hitchhiker bindings.
Additional Features:
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.
Balanced Freeride Geometry - A setback camber and stance-centred sidecut makes this board feel like a twin when riding flat based, but still has the tight turns and effortless float you'd expect from a directional board.
Pro Tip - The tip and tail of this board taper out at the points, reducing swing weight and promoting mobility.
Super Sap Epoxy - Super Sap is a bio-based resin that reduces the carbon footprint by 50% over conventional petroleum-based epoxies.
SIZE CHART
| Size |
Weight Range |
Waist Width (mm) |
Stance Location (mm) |
Running Length (mm) |
Sidecut Radius (m) |
Sidecut Depth (mm) |
Stance Width (mm) |
Nose/Tail Width (mm) |
Effective Edge (mm) |
| 159cm |
68-91kg
|
255
|
-40 |
1130
|
7.9
|
20.2
|
560 |
304.4 / 286.4 |
1185
|
| 162cm |
82-118+kg |
258 |
-40 |
1160 |
8.1 |
20.7
|
560 |
308.5 / 290.5 |
1215 |
- Not sure which size to get? Check out our snowboard size chart here.
- Not sure if you need a wide board or not? Find out here.
- Want to find out about snowboard cambers and shapes? Click here.
- Want to find out about different types of snowboard edges (magne-traction)? Click here.
- Want to find out about the difference in snowboard bases? Click here.
- Want to find out about snowboard construction? Click here.
