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Description
The Burton Moto BOA is a men's snowboard boot for strap bindings that closes with a single BOA® dial. Burton's own copy sums it up as lightweight and soft-flexing, with BOA® adjustability, though its Personality slider carries the Happy Medium label.
A Single Zone BOA® dial closes the shell. Inside, the heat-moldable Imprint™ 1+ Liner carries its own integrated lacing, which Burton describes as a closure separate from the shell that adds foot wrap and heel hold. The DynoLite outsole is, in Burton's words, a 20% lighter construction, though Burton does not say what it is lighter than. It sits on Burton's Traditional midsole ramp, which lifts the heel above the toes, and a reflective foil layer underfoot is there for warmth.
This listing covers regular-width Black in men's US 7.5 to 12, which Burton's conversion chart puts at Mondo 25.5 to 30. Burton also makes the Moto in Wide, in US 6 to 15 (no 6.5 or 12.5), and in Chinchilla Gray and Geranium Red/Black. Burton backs it with a one-year warranty. Burton prints no boot weight, no last width and no numeric flex for it, and it is not a Step On boot, so it goes in a strap binding.
Bring your feet in and we will measure them, heat-mold the liner and check the boot in your binding.
Specs
- Style number: 131761
- Lacing: Single Zone BOA®
- Liner: Imprint™ 1+ Liner
- Inner Cuff: Integrated Lacing
- Outsole: DynoLite
- Burton personality (flex feel): Happy Medium
Details
- Type
- Snowboard Boots
- Vendor
- Burton
- SKU
- 1317614A02
- UPC / GTIN
- 190450209488
Black / 7.5
Burton Moto BOA
Moto family · 26/27BOA
Flex
SoftOur read of where this boot sits, not a manufacturer rating — snowboard boot flex has no comparable scale across brands.
Burton's Moto BOA is for a rider still learning or mostly lapping the park, and Burton's own copy points there, opening with "Soft and forgiving." Of Burton's Moto, Ruler, Photon and Ion BOA boots it is the cheapest and the only single-dial one, and the trade is simplicity over fine control.
Three independent write-ups call it soft. Two are buyer's guides first published in fall 2025 and updated in 2026; neither names the model year it tested, and one calls it very forgiving with zero break-in and scores its liner quality and heel hold 7 out of 10. The third, written during the 23/24 season, found it light in the hand, but said the single dial left the forefoot as tight as the upper and made the heel hard to keep down when riding fast.
Where the Moto BOA loses is to the Ruler BOA, $80 more ($359.95 against $279.95), for anyone who wants the upper and lower boot tensioned separately. The same 23/24 review suggests riders may outgrow the Moto once big jumps and fast turns in variable snow become the day's plan.
Strengths
- +Burton says its soft flex suits side hits and natural features
- +Two reviews report no break-in period needed
- +Its Imprint 1+ liner heat-molds and has a separate inner lace
- +It is the cheapest of the Moto, Ruler, Photon and Ion BOA
- +Burton's underfoot foil shield reflects heat back to the feet
Best For
Riders learning the basics or lapping the park who want a soft, forgiving boot and a single dial to manage. On this listing that means regular-width Black in US 7.5 to 12.
Limitations
- −One dial can't set upper and lower tension separately
- −A 23/24 reviewer struggled to keep the heel down at speed
- −Its Traditional ramp lifts the heel, unlike the Ruler, Photon and Ion
- −Burton publishes no weight, last width or numeric flex
Not For
Not for riders who want the upper and lower boot tensioned separately; that takes the Ruler BOA's second dial. Not for speed and hard carving: Burton's own Personality guide ties that riding to a stiffer flex, and a 23/24 reviewer found it hard to lock the heel in when riding fast. Not for riders who want the zero-ramp EST® base that the Ruler, Photon and Ion share. Not for Step On bindings. And not for shoppers who decide on published weight, last width or a flex number, because Burton prints none of them.
Common Questions
- What is the difference between the Burton Moto BOA and the Ruler BOA?
- The Moto BOA closes with one Single Zone BOA dial and sets heel hold with a lace built into its Imprint 1+ liner; the Ruler BOA splits the boot into upper and lower zones that Burton says adjust independently, with two dials in Burton's photos. The Ruler also moves to an Imprint 2 liner with 3M Thinsulate, a Lock-Up Cuff, a DynoGRIP sole with B3 Gel in the heel and the zero-ramp EST platform, where the Moto keeps a Traditional ramp. Burton calls the Ruler medium flex and the Moto soft.
- Does the Burton Moto BOA work with Step On bindings?
- No. It is a BOA boot for strap bindings, and Burton says Step On bindings are only compatible with Step On boots. Burton's own strap-binding chart puts men's US 6–8 in a Small, 8–11 in a Medium and 10 and up in a Large.
- Is the Burton Moto BOA a soft boot?
- Burton says so in words: its feature list heads the flex Soft and Playful and calls it an overall forgiving flex, though the slider's text label reads Happy Medium. Two buyer's guides from late 2025 score it a 3 on their own 10-point stiffness scales. The Soft band at the top of this review is PTO's read of those signals, not a Burton number.
- Does the Burton Moto BOA come in wide, and does it run true to size?
- This page lists the Moto in regular-width Black, US 7.5 through 12 (Mondo 25.5 to 30 on Burton's chart); Burton also makes a Wide version and sizes up to US 15. On length, of 127 owner reviews on Burton's site, about 12 say it runs small or to size up, about 12 say true to size and one says it runs large, so we measure your foot rather than go by street-shoe size.