Comments on: Reader’s Rides – Todd’s Burton Split Board Set-Up http://www.wildsnow.com/1649/split-snowboard/ Backcountry Skiing Weblog Blog, FAQs, more, links and info about randonnee, telemark and backcountry ski mountaineering. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:43:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: greg http://www.wildsnow.com/1649/split-snowboard/comment-page-1/#comment-34056 greg Sun, 13 Mar 2011 18:10:42 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1649#comment-34056 The dynafit boots can be very soft. Perfect for snowboarding. The have 60 deg of articulation at the cuff. It feals like wearing a comfortable hiking boot on the way up. I do not engage the ski mode for the ride down, just latch the top buckle. I removed the power strap and optional tounge. 1 minor modification to stop the boot from locking into ski mode and they ride like a soft boot with excellent function for the skin up. Because of the extra articulation at the cuff I can comfortably gain several inches in mh stride. The dynafit boots can be very soft. Perfect for snowboarding. The have 60 deg of articulation at the cuff. It feals like wearing a comfortable hiking boot on the way up. I do not engage the ski mode for the ride down, just latch the top buckle. I removed the power strap and optional tounge. 1 minor modification to stop the boot from locking into ski mode and they ride like a soft boot with excellent function for the skin up. Because of the extra articulation at the cuff I can comfortably gain several inches in mh stride.

]]> By: greg http://www.wildsnow.com/1649/split-snowboard/comment-page-1/#comment-34055 greg Sun, 13 Mar 2011 18:02:49 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1649#comment-34055 I just mounted dynafit toe pieces to my splitboard and am using dynafit mountain boots. The boots are 1.5 lbs lighter each and placing the mtn plate in my pack shaves another 3/4 lbs of lifted weight from each foot. The dynafit tour much better than the voile mtn plates, better edging and perfect kick turns on the way up. I just mounted dynafit toe pieces to my splitboard and am using dynafit mountain boots. The boots are 1.5 lbs lighter each and placing the mtn plate in my pack shaves another 3/4 lbs of lifted weight from each foot. The dynafit tour much better than the voile mtn plates, better edging and perfect kick turns on the way up.

]]> By: nOrm http://www.wildsnow.com/1649/split-snowboard/comment-page-1/#comment-16682 nOrm Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:25:46 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1649#comment-16682 Indeed, after snowboarding for 22 years, I spent most of my time on AT gear last winter. I used to carry my board using snowshoes, then began using a splitboard. But I like touring... and the dynafit system is so clean and quick to transition (and light, and sexy, etc.) that I converted. The biggest issue for me was short flat spots in deep powder. When you ski into the bottom of a bowl and must cross 100m of flat before continuing downhill, you can switch your bindings to walk mode and be across immediately without skins. Being on a splitboard could require 20+ minutes and a lot of effort to continue downhill. I love snowboarding. The feeling of surfing in steep, deep pow is a sensation I have not found in skiing or anywhere else yet. There are tradeoffs. Ideally for backcountry snowboarding, I'd like to see a new mountain/splitboard boot that is a hybrid hardshell (dynafit compatible) bottom with a softer top and integral highback. Something that is crampon and plate binding compatible, climbs and flexes well, and is super lightweight. I think a splitboard specific boot/binding is the next step in the progression of the sport. But it still won't get you across flat deep snow very easily. Indeed, after snowboarding for 22 years, I spent most of my time on AT gear last winter. I used to carry my board using snowshoes, then began using a splitboard. But I like touring… and the dynafit system is so clean and quick to transition (and light, and sexy, etc.) that I converted.

The biggest issue for me was short flat spots in deep powder. When you ski into the bottom of a bowl and must cross 100m of flat before continuing downhill, you can switch your bindings to walk mode and be across immediately without skins. Being on a splitboard could require 20+ minutes and a lot of effort to continue downhill.

I love snowboarding. The feeling of surfing in steep, deep pow is a sensation I have not found in skiing or anywhere else yet. There are tradeoffs.

Ideally for backcountry snowboarding, I’d like to see a new mountain/splitboard boot that is a hybrid hardshell (dynafit compatible) bottom with a softer top and integral highback. Something that is crampon and plate binding compatible, climbs and flexes well, and is super lightweight. I think a splitboard specific boot/binding is the next step in the progression of the sport.

But it still won’t get you across flat deep snow very easily.

]]> By: Pierce http://www.wildsnow.com/1649/split-snowboard/comment-page-1/#comment-13488 Pierce Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:34:49 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1649#comment-13488 Congratulations, you've made your first step towards becoming a skier! I've never tried splitboarding, but almost all my splittie friends and my boarder wife of 15 years have all switched to AT. Coincidence? Congratulations, you’ve made your first step towards becoming a skier! I’ve never tried splitboarding, but almost all my splittie friends and my boarder wife of 15 years have all switched to AT. Coincidence?

]]> By: Tony http://www.wildsnow.com/1649/split-snowboard/comment-page-1/#comment-13439 Tony Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:18:11 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1649#comment-13439 Great article, I recently started to board in the back country! It is an incredible feeling, I don't know if I could or even want to go back to a resort. I have been trekking up Mores Creek Summit north of Boise, ID. I still use my snow shoes and board on the back, but I am getting close to picking up a split board. Thanks for the review!! Great article, I recently started to board in the back country! It is an incredible feeling, I don’t know if I could or even want to go back to a resort. I have been trekking up Mores Creek Summit north of Boise, ID. I still use my snow shoes and board on the back, but I am getting close to picking up a split board. Thanks for the review!!

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