A snowboard that can be divided into two parts to be used like skis for climbing with skins.
having ridden backcountry routes on snowboards for ten years, the functionality of a splitboard proved attractive
Example sentencesExamples
At least one splitboard manufacturer is making their splits with a very short inner edge in order to save weight.
The board clips alone have made my board perform much better, and much less like a splitboard.
Lightweight gear is the name of the game for backcountry travel, and as someone choosing to ride a splitboard every ounce counts.
Via snowmobile, snowshoes, skis, or splitboard, thousands of people show up on weekends to gain sustenance.
If you're serious about winter backcountry snowboarding in Colorado, get a splitboard rather than using snowshoes.
Snowshoes will hold their market share as a conveyance due the proliferation of hardened skin tracks, but the splitboard will continue to be the desired mode for any serious backcountry snowboarder.
By boot and by splitboard, Jones and de Le Rue traveled the glaciers and peaks along Antarctica's coast.
Watch out for that guy with the splitboard coming up behind you, he might just have less "ski" weight than you do.
Definition of splitboard in US English:
splitboard
nounˈsplitˌbôrd
A snowboard that can be divided into two parts to be used like skis for climbing with skins.
splitboards are clever, but they're usually heavy
Example sentencesExamples
Watch out for that guy with the splitboard coming up behind you, he might just have less "ski" weight than you do.
The board clips alone have made my board perform much better, and much less like a splitboard.
Snowshoes will hold their market share as a conveyance due the proliferation of hardened skin tracks, but the splitboard will continue to be the desired mode for any serious backcountry snowboarder.
By boot and by splitboard, Jones and de Le Rue traveled the glaciers and peaks along Antarctica's coast.
Via snowmobile, snowshoes, skis, or splitboard, thousands of people show up on weekends to gain sustenance.
At least one splitboard manufacturer is making their splits with a very short inner edge in order to save weight.
If you're serious about winter backcountry snowboarding in Colorado, get a splitboard rather than using snowshoes.
Lightweight gear is the name of the game for backcountry travel, and as someone choosing to ride a splitboard every ounce counts.