Splitboard
Splitboarding, a rebirth of snowboarding?
Once rejected by skiers and then adored in the 2000s, snowboarding has transcended sliding on snow but has always known a limit: the inability to move on flat or uphill terrain. Not to mention the ingenuity of snowboarders, who were inspired by ski touring to develop splitboarding, which is now well represented on the shelves of snowboarding specialists. Snowboarders in need of adventure will therefore find at Glisshop all the equipment they need for snowboard touring! Show less
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The Custom Smalls is a performant and versatile Burton kids board that lets your child step up the pace in the descents despite its accessibility.
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The Nomad is a nimble Nitro splitboard that goes well on all terrains and offers a natural buoyancy on powder. Ideal for your first split!
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The Nomad is a nimble Nitro splitboard that goes well on all terrains and offers a natural buoyancy on powder. Ideal for your first split!
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The 4 Parts Specs Splitboard Plum binding was thought out for 3 to 4-part boards. With its top-of-the-range built, it is not only light during the climb but also reactive on the way down.
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The Dari is a rear-entry Plum snowboard binding designed for splitboard. Light, robust and comfortable, it is also manufactured in an eco-friendly way.
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The Doppelgänger is a top of the range splitboard developed by the American brand Nitro, offering really great efficiency during the ascents while remaining high performance during the descent.
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The Eterlou Channel Interface is a Plum binding designed to be combined with the Burton splitboards, it shines with its lightness and performance/accessibility ratio.
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The Plum Splitboard binding Eterlou Black Grey is ideal to start practicing splitboard. It will offer you all the lightness you need during the climb and a excellent compromise between reactivity and tolerance downhill.
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The Far Out Black is a K2 splitboard binding equipped with a sail interface, an aluminium base, a nylon spoiler and straps offering simultaneously support, reactivity and comfort.
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The Feyan Carbon Black Grey Plum Splitboard binding offers maximum performance for seasoned riders with its top-notch aluminium and carbon built.
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The Frontier Split is a splitboard developed by the American brand Jones, that offers great performance on all types of snow while remaining physically accessible.
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The FT Leader Board is a powerful freeride snowboard developed by Burton. You can count on a max of reactivity to ride like a madman all over the mountain!
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The Burton Hitchhiker Black is an advanced Burton splitboard binding jointly designed with Spark Splitboard. It is responsive, light and very functional.
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The Hovercraft Split is a Jones splitboard offering awesome thrills no matter the type of snow. Super precise and reactive, it’s the perfect board to lay bold lines at high speed.
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The Mountain Twin Split from Jones takes advantage of the freestyle skills and versatility of the famous Mountain Twin, with a splitboard construction to go riding new spots.
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The Nomad is a splitboard developed by Nitro, which stands out in particular for its excellent quality/price ratio but also for its ride comfort and manoeuvrability.
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The Pillow Talk Split model is a Salomon women's splitboard offering great efficiency and maneuverability on all types of snow, while enjoying an optimal power-to-weight ratio.
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The Premiere model from Salomon Snowboards is a high-end splitboard, with an ultra-light construction offering as much efficiency as possible during ascents.
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The Karakoram Prime Connect R + Interface is a comfortable and performant splitboard binding with a high-end ski/walk system and a mind-blowing precision in the descents.
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Both accessible and evolutive, the Nitro Volta women splitboard is ideal to discover the particularities of splitboard. It will make the happiness of intermediate and advanced riders!
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The XV Split model is a high performance splitboard for freeride. It is very stable, precise and is suitable for all types of snow, while remaining light enough for the touring phases.
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The Solution Split model from Jones Snowboards is a high-end splitboard with a very directional shape and a construction that is both light and powerful providing maximum performance.
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The splitboard, the ideal tool to survey the mountain?
If the skier has long been able to access the untapped slopes of the mountain, the brave and valiant snowboarder has long had to make do with the often overloaded and sometimes monotonous ski area. It was then that splitboarding appeared, a human creation with magical properties that allowed the snowboarder explorer to also go on hikes. By splitting his snowboard in two parts (or in three, depending on the model), then resolidifying it into a solid block, the snowboarder can finally make ascents and descents on the same board, unique and faithful horse.
If history has remembered that the Montgolfier brothers invented the hot air balloon and that the first time machine to go back in time was a DeLorean, some research on the internet tells us that the origins of the splitboard are not so clearly defined.
Just like the invention of snowboarding, the paternity of splitboarding is also a matter of debate. While legend has it that in the 80's the Germans already started to split their boards in two parts, the prehistory of splitboard seems to start in 1991 with a certain Brett "Kowboy" Kobernik. At rest following a snowboard injury, Kobernik has time to kill. Following the idea of a friend, he starts to cut a snowboard in his garage and resolidarize it using different hooking systems combined with rubber bands. Once recovered from his injury, the avalanche forecaster begins to survey the mountains of Utah with his prototype.
Three years later in 1994, he was introduced to Mark Wariakos, owner of a small brand of touring skis and telemark equipment called Voile. Together, they developed and marketed a Voile Split DIY kit that allows any snowboarder equipped with a brain and a workshop to roll up their sleeves and convert their board into a splitboard. But rolling up the sleeves of a plaid shirt is not easy and the world of snowboarding is not yet ready. Carpeted in the shadows, the splitboard is biding its time and brands like Spark R & D and Karakoram are developing more and more efficient splitboard bindings.
The trigger came about fifteen years later thanks to big names like Jeremy Jones and Xavier De le Rue, who unveiled in their films freeride sections reached not by helicopter but by splitboard. The common snowboarder discovers that splitboarding can give him access to new horizons and the discipline finally takes off. Today, the brands offering splitboards are legion and the equipment is more and more adapted. From the board to the bindings through specific sealskins and splitboard knives, Glisshop remains on the lookout for the latest innovations to offer you the best splitboard equipment.