Burton Snowboard Size Chart

Reading the Burton snowboard size chart

Burton does not chart by height — every board length carries a recommended rider weight range, printed on the product page and the board's spec sheet. The logic is sound: weight flexes the board, so weight should decide the length. Find a length whose range contains your weight, then use style to pick within it — shorter for park and quick turns, longer for carving, speed and hard-pack.

That is also why our calculator and Burton's ranges usually agree so closely: both lead with weight. Cross-check the calculator's result against the weight band for the exact model you want, and treat an overlap as a green light.

The snowboard size chart Burton riders actually use

Burton publishes men's, women's and kids' ranges separately, per model, and marks wider versions with a "W" (for example a 157W). Our universal height and weight table above works as the quick translator: match your calculator result to a length, confirm the weight range on the specific Burton model, and your shortlist is done in under a minute.

Women's Burton snowboard size chart

Burton's women's line — boards like the Yeasayer, Feather and Story Board — runs the same weight-range system on narrower waist widths and softer flex at every length. Shorter and mid-range riders in the women's line typically land between 138 and 152 cm, with a women's-specific weight range printed per length.

Enter your boot size in the calculator above and choose US women's: the conversion is automatic (a women's 10 is a men's 8.5) and the width check follows from it. For the full table, open the women's snowboard size chart and bring your calculator result back to Burton's women's ranges.

The Burton snowboard size chart, row by row

Picture the Burton chart as three columns per model family: board length in centimeters, recommended rider weight in pounds and kilograms, and the waist width (widening under the same length when the board is a "W" model). A typical band looks like this: a 145 cm board for riders around 95–150 lb (43–68 kg), a 155 around 120–185 lb (55–84 kg), a 165 from about 155–210 lb (70–95 kg). Exact bands vary by model because flex shapes them — a stiffer Custom carries a slightly higher weight range than a softer board of the same length.

The practical move: use our calculator's result as the anchor, then open Burton's official chart for the exact board and pick the length whose weight band overlaps your calculator range on both ends. When it overlaps, you are inside the board's design window — Burton engineered the flex for exactly your weight there.

Womens Burton snowboard size chart: sizing through their women's line

Burton's women's boards — the Yeasayer, Feather, Story Board and Hideaway among them — keep the same weight-range system on narrower waists and softer flex. A worked example: a 5'5" (165 cm) rider at 130 lb (59 kg) gets about 145 cm (try 142–148) from our calculator. In the womens Burton snowboard size chart that maps to lengths whose women's weight bands cover 59 kg — typically a 144, 146 or 147 depending on the model year and board.

For the width check, enter your boot size in US women's sizing and the conversion (women's minus 1.5) applies automatically. Almost every women's Burton boot fits a regular-width board; if you ride women's 11+, look at "W"-marked or mid-wide options within the women's line before switching to unisex boards. The full women's snowboard size chart and the brand-agnostic calculator above do the height and weight work in seconds.

How Burton's model families change the picture

Model choice bends the chart as much as body choice does. Instigator and Ripcord are the beginner standbys: softer flex, easy edge transitions, forgiving at the shorter end of your range. The Custom line is the all-mountain benchmark — camber the Classic, hybrid-leaning Flying V — sized confidently in the middle or top of your band. The Process plays between park and all-mountain; park-oriented boards like the Name Drop traditionally ride a touch shorter, and the Family Tree splitboards size longer for touring float.

You don't need to memorize any of this. Pick the family by where you ride, run the calculator for length, and match the printed weight range. That three-step habit handles every Burton board, every season, including the ones that haven't shipped yet.

Burton kids and youth boards

Burton sizes its kids' boards with weight ranges too, and youth models stay deliberately short and soft. Hold the chest-to-chin rule from our kids and youth snowboard size chart in front of every decision, and you will land on a board your kid can actually turn on day one.

Using our calculator with Burton's official chart

Three steps, one minute. 1) Run your height, weight, boot size, style and ability through the calculator above — write down the recommended length and the ±3 cm range. 2) On Burton's size chart page for the board you want, find the two lengths between which your recommended length sits, and read each one's rider weight range. 3) Choose the length whose range contains your weight comfortably, not marginally; when both do, take the one matching your style — shorter for park, longer for freeride.

If the calculator and Burton's bands disagree by more than a few centimeters for a conventional board, something is off in an input — usually the weight. Double-check it, and remember kids' boards under 40 kg follow the kids' chart instead.

Does the calculator match Burton's ranges?

For conventional camber and hybrid-camber boards, yes — usually within a couple of centimeters. If you ride Burton's Step On system, remember that its own sizing (S/M/L/XL by boot size) is a binding chart, not a board-length chart, and worth checking separately before you buy.