Anticipate Terrain

I’m not talking about the gnarly lines, rather the micro terrain you see every day. Being on a snowboard has slight disadvantages when certain terrain is encountered. I am constantly assessing what’s ahead of me on a micro level to make sure I never get sucked into a piece of terrain that exaggerates those disadvantages. Pre-trip planning and scanning the terrain ahead of you on the up and the down goes along way for splitboarding in the mountains.
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Dial Your Kit

Make sure your everything is tight and working properly. Loosing a strap or breaking a binding because you forced it can have terrible consequences, especially if you’re a ways out there. And if you dial in a quality, lightweight set up, you’ll have bigger lines to feast upon, and more success when you get out there.

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There you have it. I’m no Jedi but I’ve spent a lifetime in the mountains on a splitboard and I’m hoping for a lifetime still ahead… with more splitters out there to enjoy it with. My rig just got over a pound lighter with Phantom bindings and a G3 Black Sheep Carbon X3 deck, so I’ll be going as deep as I can get. See you out there.

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– Joey Vosburgh

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