The Hometown Hero is from Burton's Family Tree line — their premium tier designed and prototyped in Vermont with higher-spec materials. It's a directional camber freeride board with 12mm of taper and Burton's Balanced Freeride Geometry, which makes it feel less tapered on groomers than the numbers suggest.

The construction matches the Custom's tier: Super Fly II 700G core, Dualzone EGD, 45-degree Carbon Highlights, Squeezebox profiling, and a Sintered WFO base. Where it diverges is shape — the 12mm taper means the longer, wider nose lifts in powder while the shorter tail sinks. In soft snow, this thing floats. On groomers, the Balanced Freeride Geometry keeps the sidecut feeling neutral enough for normal carving.

This is the board for the rider who lives where it snows. Pacific Northwest, Utah, Colorado backcountry access. If you're getting real powder days and want a board that handles them and still works as a daily driver on groomed days, the Hometown Hero delivers. It's not a dedicated powder board — 12mm of taper isn't enough for bottomless days — but for 6-12 inch days in the trees, it's excellent. The generous size range at PTO (148 through 165W) covers a huge spread of riders including wide options.