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Review Date
November 25, 2012 Overall Rating
 4 of 5
Value Rating
 4 of 5
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Reviewed by: Stauffer(Unregistered User)
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Snowboarder Summary:
Very responsive on demand,been riding a T6 for 120 rides....5'10" 215lbs 52 year old snow junkie!
Flow NXT AT bindings also a + Customer Service:
Was originally purchased with Burton Cartel bindings included
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Review Date
March 13, 2009 Overall Rating
 5 of 5
Value Rating
 3 of 5
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4.00 of 5,
3.00 votes
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Reviewed by: dennis09x(Unregistered User)
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Snowboarder Summary:
I'm 5'9" age 22, 215 lbs, been riding for 1 1/2 years. Peg myself at intermediate level.
I took my new 164 07/08 Burton T6 out today on a smaller local hill (can't wait to get back to louise), all groomers. As the previous reviews have stated, this board is frictionless, accelerates you through corners, light as h ell, quick and twitchy but in a good way. The landings on jumps are a little hard but not so bad. By the end of the day I was getting tired and losing concentration, sure enough that's when the twitch and quickness was becoming a bit of a pain in the a ss for me (but really who wouldn't say the same type of thing of any board if they weren't in the fresh riding mindset). The one real thing that caught me off guard the most was the catch the edges had and how they really whip you out of carves. I guess the best way I can explain it is, you really have to think and act on the technicality of your riding, otherwise this board will just fire you off into the trees. Defiantly a new feeling for me.
Overall, coming from a ebay starter Silence Shatter 163, I am totally floored about how responsive and quick this board is (for good reason). The board wasn't all that hard to ride for me, not like people make you think in the reviews, where they say experts only. Trust me, i'm no expert, I just started the jumps and what not, more of a speed junkie. 5 out of 5 for sure. Little expensive, but it's well worth it, you won't be disappointed. Similar Products Used:
none really
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Review Date
February 27, 2009 Overall Rating
4 of 5
Value Rating
4 of 5
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5.00 of 5,
1.00 votes
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Reviewed by: SoCal(Unregistered User)
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Snowboarder Summary:
Read UnSane's review. He's nailed it. I've tried Customs, Custom X, and the Supermodel and the T6 is the only board that comes close to the BMC.
I still have my BMC and have ridden it side-by-side with the T6. The BMC is the best board Burton ever made. The T6 is a great board, but I don't think it edges quite as good as the BMC at high speed. And I don't think it's as quick edge to edge as the BMC. But it's the only board that even remotely comes close to the BMC
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Review Date
October 17, 2008 Overall Rating
4 of 5
Value Rating
4 of 5
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4.00 of 5,
3.00 votes
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Reviewed by: denny Flynn
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Snowboarder Summary:
Burton T6 goes like a missile . lots of fun to ride should not be given to a novice its just too much power to be taken lightly .
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Review Date
January 22, 2008 Overall Rating
5 of 5
Value Rating
4 of 5
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4.33 of 5,
6.00 votes
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Reviewed by: unSane
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Snowboarder Summary:
I came to the T6 from its predecessor, the Burton BMC, which I rode the last four seasons. Another BMC before that.
Riding a 164w in both, on nice Burton bindings and the Driver boots. The BMC was a really, really nice board but I had squeezed the juice out of it and was ready for a change. I'd been looking at the T6 for a couple of years and finally decided to go for it. Strapped it on, rode the lift up and --
-- even getting off the lift, the difference was obvious. The T6 base feels really frictionless. I knew at that point it was going to be fast. When I headed down the hill, I also discovered that it was both stiffer and lighter than the BMC.
Translation -- it's both twitchier and holds a carve better.
Once I widened out my stance to get a bit more stability, this board came into its own. My observations --
1. Like the BMC, it's not a beginner board. You have to ride it or it will ride you, painfully. You cannot simply point it down the hill. When you are tired and losing concentration, or haven't warmed up, it be frustrating as it doesn't forgive anything.
The flipside is that it will rail just about anything, at ludicrous speed. It crashes through chop, and I found that it held a line through moguls amazingly, although it was quite the thrill ride.
The stiffness becomes a life saver on steeps, in ice, or any time you find yourself unexpectedly airborne... you can generally land right back into a carve without a worry. And carving is really what this board's all about, although I also had a lot of fun in powder.
The lightness makes it a pleasure to ride. The stiffness means that unless you work the board with lots of pressure, it is going to feel dead, and unless you are uber-aware of your edges, it is going to buck you like a donkey.
So, big turns, speed, challenging slopes, carve, carve, carve, that's what this is all about. I'd definitely recommend stiff boots, good bindings and a new set of underwear.
Summary: great board, best I've ridden. I'd classify myself as an advanced but not expert rider (I have level 1 instructor and could probably do 2, but haven't bothered). I'm comfortable on double black diamonds but not much into the park or pipe. Customer Service:
No experience. Never had an issue with a Burton product that wasn't easily resolved. Similar Products Used:
Burton BMC 164w
Various rental POS boards
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