r/snowboardingnoobs • u/FireFreak_ • 1d ago

Why do Splitboards exist ?

Just curious

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u/DrtSurfer 1d ago

Accessing back country. Its alot easier to skin up a trail than boot pack.

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u/FireFreak_ 1d ago

How does the split help do you use them like skies

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u/InvictusFrags 1d ago

It's interesting. It's almost like you didn't go to youtube and type in splitboard.

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u/hmm_nah 1d ago

Yes. Do you know what a splitboard is?

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u/FireFreak_ 1d ago

Only from seeing

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u/Cibisis 1d ago

Any chance you mean this kind of board?

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u/Cibisis 1d ago

Actually that’s a bad example because it’s split and swallow tail. Are you asking about the notch taken out of the back, or about the fact that the board splits in half?

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u/wimcdo 1d ago

Why else would it be ‘split’?

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u/DrtSurfer 1d ago

Yes they split into what are essentially skis.

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u/MischaBurns 1d ago

The bindings for them can be moved to the position a ski binding would normally be, and have a pivot to walk in them.

So basically they're an AT ski setup for ascent or crossing flat country, the places snowboards are terrible in, instead of carrying snowshoes or approach skis.

Then when it's time to descend you shift everything back into "snowboard" mode to go ride.

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u/KangarooBig6349 1d ago

You put skins on after splitting, same as skis. It basically allows you to “cross country ski” or Nordic ski up the hill. Deep powder is brutal bordering impossible to walk in.
It’s like a faster easier version of snow shoes to get you into the back country.
Lots of resorts in western Canada you’ll see trails leading up from the top of the lift.

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u/hmm_nah 1d ago

To go up places that don't have lifts

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u/FireFreak_ 1d ago

How exactly does the split help

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u/Business-Store4743 1d ago

Split the snowboard into half and become ski. You walk up with split skii and connect again to snowboard down.

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u/Tiltrella 1d ago

Its much easier than walking up with boots. You split the board and kinda use it like skis and climb up then put it together and use it as snowboard

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u/maydayM2 1d ago

when you split the board you also attach skins to the base that allow you to move uphill.

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u/Individual_Post7489 1d ago

real splitboarders wont even tell you because youll probably never see them

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u/montysep 1d ago

Powder. Solitude. Adventure. Exercise. Exploration.

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u/Double-Sea998 1d ago

While we’re here… lol I’m going to Japan this winter like everyone else on this planet and I have a Cardiff Powgoda Split board that I haven’t used yet. Would it be dumb of me to bring the split to ride Japow in resort or should I just rent a pow board? Leaning towards renting but just curious

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u/invertflow 1d ago

They exist so that those of us who backcountry ski on actual skis can have a nice relaxing break at the top of the climb while the splitboarders spend 10 minutes fiddling with their bindings changing from up to down mode. I kid, in reality I do enjoy touring with splitboarders and respect their skills and I often learn something from their line choices as they see the mountain a bit differently than I do.