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 Neo Slasher is a Capita freeride splitboard, offering great performance in a wide variety of snow and terrain, as well as a good balance between performance and riding comfort.
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The Explorer is a splitboard Union binding that offers reactivity and comfort, with a plastic frame that is very pleasant to ride and a pin system for switching from ascents to descents.
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The Neo Slasher is a Capita freeride splitboard, offering great performance in a wide variety of snow and terrain, as well as a good balance between performance and riding comfort.
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Weston's Backwoods is a high-performance splitboard, that offers an excellent flotation and manoeuvrability on powder snow, while maintaining grip and stability on hard snow.
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The Weston Eclipse is a high-performance women's splitboard, with an excellent flotation on powder snow, a good level of flexibility, as well as the grip and stability needed to attack on hard snow.
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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 Riva is a high-performance women's splitboard developed by the American brand Weston, which offers an answer to seasoned splitboarders and freeride enthusiasts.
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The Seeker model from Weston is a women's splitboard that is efficient on all types of snow, easy to handle, stable and safe. It's the ideal splitboard for beginners.
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Weston's Backwoods is a high-performance splitboard, that offers an excellent flotation and manoeuvrability on powder snow, while maintaining grip and stability on hard snow.
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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 Split BRD from Lib Tech Snowboards is a splitboard destined to advanced riders who want to enjoy the hills far off the crowded pistes!
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The Switchback model from Weston is a men's splitboard that offers a great performance on all types of snow while maintaining a safe level of accessibility and manoeuvrability.
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The Split BRD from Lib Tech Snowboards is a splitboard destined to advanced riders who want to enjoy the hills far off the crowded pistes!
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The Switchback model from Weston is a men's splitboard that offers a great performance on all types of snow while maintaining a safe level of accessibility and manoeuvrability.
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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.