In addition to directing Outside Magazine's snowboard and splitboard gear tests--a role he's handled since 2016--he directs Backcountry Magazine's splitboard test, waxes on the Natural Selection and ...

The splitboarding revolution began back in the 1990s, when Utah-based firm Voile released its DIY Split Kit, which allowed snowboarders to convert their boards – by sawing them in half. Since then, ...

It’s finally March, and that means the meat of backcountry touring season is nearly here. To get prepared, local AT skiers and splitboarders are taking over the Summit Daily sports section in print ...

Every snowboarder knows that first tracks at the resort don’t last long. Luckily for the antisocial powderhound, ditching migraine-inducing liftlines for backcountry bliss has never been easier, ...

It is fairly terrifying to trust a strip of fuzzy fabric to keep you from careening backwards down a steep, snowy ski hill while trying to climb up it. That fuzz’s friction is all I could think about ...

Splitboarding flips the resort experience on its head: Rather than riding chairlifts, you climb uphill then descend untouched backcountry terrain. It’s equal parts challenge and reward. Choosing the ...

Splitboarding has been around since the mid-’90s as a way to make backcountry snowboarding available to the 99 percent of us who can’t afford helicopters. It’s essentially a snowboard that splits down ...

Features: 25 mm full-length carbon inserts, directional inserts for convertible splitboard bindings, stainless steel clips Touring skins are sold separately. For more info on the Big Chief and all ...