summersgone

Rocker can cause issues on firm skin tracks, that is a fair statement. Camber typically performs better in those cases since more of the skin is contacting the ground. Never Summer reduces the affects of reverse camber by giving you camber behind the touring bracket which is where most skin hold occurs. I have a fully reversed cambered board…[Read more]

Both of those boards would be good choices and splitting hairs between each. I would say choose the profile you like to snowboard down with and go with that. Neversummer are super durable boards, so if I was choosing between those two, I’d go with the Atom. It was on my short list before I chose to go with a Cardiff Goat, which you could…[Read more]

I just got my Slippers in. Couple first very initial impressions.

It looks damn clean and its pretty awesome to not have to take a dremel to a new boot. Huge props to Phantom for innovating a boot designed around splitboarding.

Fit – I wear a 9 street shoe and got a 27/27.5. This matched the size of my TLT6. The boot comes setup was…[Read more]

What tail clips did you switch with to get working? My recommendation would have been to try the G3 twin tip tail clips on your current skins. If there is too extreme of an angle of the tip connector, my next recommendation is to remount the tail clips. You will need to rivot those or buy something like a G3 or black diamond kit to mount tail…[Read more]

This forum doesn’t work very well anymore. I can’t tell if I double posted or what. But here was my response.

Well, that is because simply put they are, but there is a whole lot more going on with them to be made for splitboarders. I think it would be a bit unreasonable for a small company of just a couple employees to build molds and create…[Read more]

I personally couldn’t run Intuition Pro Tour liners on my TLT6’s, they ate up my feet. I had the thinnest version I could get. I tried to mold them a few times removing hot spots, but just couldn’t get then to work I had a ton of blisters and hot spots. My feet work a lot better with the stock TLT liners, which are not as stiff, but for…[Read more]

I have the older BD mohair mix, which seems now like Glidelite. I would certainly recommend them. They pack very light, glide really well after about 10 tours (better than nylon out the gate), and grip just fine on almost all tracks but the steepest. The glue is also awesome. I reglued mine after about 150 days on them.d

I personally think…[Read more]

I’ve been pretty happy with my Black Diamond Coefficient jacket as a mid layer. I have the one with a hood, and I like it since it has a little extra warmth. I can skin in it if its not dumping.

And matching what Snurfer said on jacket with mesh pockets. My Outdoor research jackets do just that and its stellar.

Starting off, I am a hardbooter, so I have no experience lately with any of these systems and only do from a few years ago. But I have been splitboarding for 10 years.

A ski lock mode I think is the most over rated thing out there. Once you figure out split skiing, you don’t need it. I have a way to lock down with the Phantoms and have used…[Read more]

I would go with the Storm based on your weight. I typically lean towards longer for better float in Colorado since the backcountry is typically deeper and soft snow, so I would push you away from the 166. When I rode the storm 161 a few years ago I thought it was nimble and rode shorter than the length suggested, but floated great. The storm…[Read more]

If Karkis says its sweet, I take that to the bank! I rode this board 1 day at Silverton splitfest last year in less than ideal conditions. Touring up was straight ice. I used ski crampons. It toured fine for grip. never summer profile doesn’t tour as well as a cambered board, but it rides a whole lot better down. As for the down, I rode corn…[Read more]

I have a Never Summer Chairman 160 with Union bindings, weighs at 10.1lbs
My Prior Slasher XTC with Phantom bindings weighs in at 9.9lbs
Although most split setups I’d say are heavier and a solid board would perform better at the resort. The chairman is a better all around board and rides all conditions with a damper ride. While splitboards…[Read more]

People always forget you can save a lot of cash by splitting a board yourself. I found an older never summer online for $35, and bought it and split it. After skins, split specific bindings (even used), you can likely get a full setup for under $400 if you are budget minded.

I’d take an old board and used gear over snowshoes any day. Snowshoes suck.

Three things that’s cool, even though I’m a hardbooter and don’t plan to use this.
1) Front Points (21:00). solid idea @russman.
2) The shedding system(4:00) is a slick idea. I’d love to see it really with ice and snow. I also like you are now interfacing both boards with overlap. I find with Phantoms this adds a lot of torsional rigidity.…[Read more]

I have Dynafit 130’s that work on my NS Prospector (248w), Prior Slasher (252w), but do not fit on my Furberg (264w). I ended up having to get the Spark D Rex W version. I haven’t put enough days on them to compare the two (Dynafits have always been solid), but they clearly are heavier than the Dynafits, but having a built in riser is pretty nice.

I went to Japan last year at this time of year. It wasn’t epic Japan deep, but it was deep. Some days we had over 2′ of snow, and we broke trail most of the time (well really @donhatch aka Donzilla did so its not fair since we brought a ringer, but I did break some). My group was laughing when we were doing 4-6 laps with splitboards and the…[Read more]

@permnation, when you get out on it I’d love to hear how it compares to the Gen 1 and 2. I have no experience with Gen 2, but I like my gen 1 for those big mountain powder days. It is just so versatile, but sometimes I wish for a bit more carve turn. I assume they minimized the camber on this to almost flat? Should making skinning a lot…[Read more]

This doesn’t really have to do with the Phantom system, more the dynafit toe piece, or whatever toe piece you are using.

I do not know for sure, but I would expect locked down toe that you are fine. With the voile strap to hold down the foot from the heel riser, you run a larger risk of potentially pulling the screws out from the riser, but I…[Read more]

Well I didn’t watch much of that, but that looked painful and a terrible design. Glad I have Phantoms.

And when my dog starts whining like that, I make sure to tell her “Abby, don’t you wish you picked a telemarker as a parent?”

If only it could snow so we could start snowboarding, that’d be great…