Our splitboard and snowboard gear testing this past winter culminated with a five-day, 20-tester marathon of board analysis at Sugar Bowl in mid-April.

This realisation coincided with my awareness of the effects of climate change on the mountains, and how much CO2 I was burning when I went snowboarding. It’s the reason I started Jones Snowboards.

Splitboards are exactly what they sound like — snowboards that are split in half (length-wise) to be used as skis for an ascent. The concept is simple.

Riding powder on a snowboard is one of the finest activities available to humankind, but backcountry boarders have long lamented the difficulty of getting to the top. Splitboards are the solution.

To make your own splitboard, you’ll need a circular saw, a drill to install the bindings, plus a marker pen, tape measure, masking tape, edge file and polyurethane to seal the inner edge. Shearer says ...

Abe Greenspan and Lee Collins formed TahoeLab in 2013 because they were less-than thrilled with snowboard choices offered by the mega brands, especially splitboards.They felt they could do better, ...

Editor’s note: The following is part of a series of articles compiled by the Colorado Snowsports Museum and Hall of Fame that will take a closer look at some of the artifacts and stories contained in ...

The snowboard industry has never evolved past glorified skate shoes that sacrifice durability, performance and innovation. Here's why. Skip to ... heavy weight (close to five pounds each), and ...

However, splitboards were still unconvincing and cumbersome until about 2010 and only now is the technology allowing for a totally seamless experience. And, boy have things changed: of the eight of us ...

Snowboarding. Split your snowboard ... In 2020, Burton reported that splitboards were selling faster than regular boards as lockdown restrictions prompted increased interest in the backcountry. ...