This past spring we had one of our rare powder days and I was lucky enough to demo the 2009 Burton Malolo Snowboard (with ICS). I had never ridden the Malolo and in my usual pow stick is a 167 Salomon Fastback so transitioning to a much shorter board was a funny feeling at first. Once I started down my first run you couldn't tell the size difference in the stability of the ride and I was able to make much quicker turns as wel. Burton says to "Downsize 2 to 4 cm From Normal Board Length" which is an under statement since I went form a 167 to a 158 but with all this new board technology out there don't fear change. What suprised me most of all was when
I took the board back to the groomer, it was't your average powder board groomer run (we all know how sometimes your old pow stick can be kinda scarey back on the groomers). The Burton Malolo isn't the Burton Fish, but its the Fish's powder freestyle little brother.

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