BURTON FAMILY TREE LANDLORD SPLITBOARD

QUICK OVERVIEW: The Burton Landlord was developed specifically for powder riding with a 17 mm taper head to tail. Featuring a rocker in the front and camber underfoot. Great shape to keep you afloat in the powder as you flex it down in the middle as you are mid – turn punching it really hard. Introducing the channel system,  you are able to slide your Spark bindings in on the mountain with a single hand for quick touring to riding transition – and a limit-less possibility of stances for effortless powder riding to aggressive dowhill. With the channel system so versatile, you can get your stance dialed in better than with any binding system on the market. The board comes in at $800 – which still a deal compared to other split boards out there. So if you are a powder greedy rider who wants the freshies all day long, this is you new best friend.  You won’t find them in the 2014 catalog because they are a 2015 early release, yet they are making everyone’s best gear of the year lists – so definitely on your hit list for first release. The board debuts fall of 2013. The Landlord Splitboard comes pre-mounted with Voile/Burton Channel Pucks—(the first splitboard with The Channel).

The Burton LandLord was designed by Terje Haakonsen. Featured at the 2013 Outdoor Retailer Show – Burton showcased not only the leading cutting edge splitboard designs with efficiency touring to riding conversion (aka, get you from hiking to riding faster), but blew expectations out of the park with binding compatibility innovations that will advance splitboarding to a whole new level.  Featured in the Burton 2014 Collection the Burton Landlord Splitboard has the signature style and stealth – but unique is the clever integration with the Spark Binding with the Internal Pin System.

The SparkLine Binding:
Instead of having the free floating pin, you are able to adjust the binding to you riding style and comfort level – you can even do it one-handed.  Go from touring mode, by simply sliding the binding out of from the solid steel rails firmly horizontally attached to the board – and inserting them into the riding stance rails and you are ready for powder. All with a single hand.  During test routes the Landlord held was reliable on the ascent, steady on the edge and even in roughest conditions we knew those bindings were secure locked and loaded. THe sparklines gave you dual heights in the heel risers. This gave us two options when in touring mode during those steep pitches when we were seriously looking at nothing but blue skies.

This is a completely new system exclusively offered through Sparkline and Burton – years ahead of the rest in terms of binding and splitboard compatibility.    Smart ideas again, no more pins. No more climbing wires on your board. The Spark interface is all about getting you lower to the board, and using the rigidity of the binding to keep the splitboard together and give it a better feel. Another thing with the new Spark binding is that it has the heel risers in the binding itself, instead of on the board, so it’s nice to be able to drop your heel risers from the binding instead of picking them up off the board.

The Channel System:

Burton also is ahead of the game offering the new buck system, allowing you to setup your board quickly and save the headache by setting up the channels.  This allows virtually ANY stance option. This buck system overs a versatility completely unique to the Burton Landlord Splitboard.  You can dynamically change differences between toe, heel, width and angles. That means virtually any riding style – aggressive, or as the day wears on and you tire out on one of your legs or joins – you can easily change your stance without having to head to one of those tweaker benches and freeze those fingers waiting to use a pliers that has an inch of ice caked on it. The channel lets you get your stance completely dialed in just like a normal Channel board. No more settling for less. Easy – perfect – the best ride you will ever have. You will be a better rider than  you thought. and you’ll be able to ride longer and harder than you were ever able to before.  The Channel offers more easy access wider, mover versatile stances than any other binding system on the market.

Down to the Specs:

Down to the nuts and bolts. Here are the basic specs on the Burton Landlord. It is actually a 2015 early release, available October 2014.

Spark Magneto Bindings with Burton Freebird Splitboard

Burton Landlord Sparkline in a Nutshell, and some quick and dirty observations from our gear lab.

1. Looks like Burton has adopted EST for their Splits, off the charts yeah!
2. The interface doesn’t use pucks, it’s the next step of the Edison that interfaces with EST. It would be nice if there is a mount that is compatable for factory splits, DIY and solids.
3. Seeing as the climbing wires are attached to the binder, no need for Voile product on the board – albeit the hooks. With clips and hooks would have an entire Spark R&D setup.
4. The Edison also had that front toe release mechanism, wonder how long it moved the pin into place to hold it to the touring bracket?

Here is a closer look at the channel system – a truly revolutionary idea in the binding market:
http://youtu.be/-TtWccRnMNQ

The main innovation Sparkline brings to the table is an internal pin system, killing the floating pin. Turning Snowboarding/riding mode is child’s play. Just slide the binding and lock it. Keep your gloves on, no fiddling with straps. A truly revolutionary design. The channel stance adjustments allow you to adjust your gait to any side, any angle. Toeward, to knee ward. The convenience factor is huge, the bindings are designed to allow you to access the screws with the bindings on, just adjust the screws to change the stance, slide them around – then tighten and you are on your way. No taking of the bindings and remembering the right fit to set them right again. This is going to change the binding market for all boards across the whole gammut. Hats off.

The future of Splitboarding looks bright!

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