do you have any possibility to get the non-carbon version? the carbon version feels remarkable stiffer in terms of lateral flex, and even the plastic of the non-carbon version is more on the stiffer side..

caveman wrote:

I tink the have only the carbon version in stock. I gone go to the shop en ask.
Hopefully I can order the phantom bindings.

Just ordered the Back lands the non carbon ones

Anyone try the Backland Ultimate? They are crazy light!!

Stephen wrote:

Interesting evaluation/ potential mod I just read:

http://atrailcalledlife.blogspot.com/2017/03/atomic-backland-boot-for-splitboarding.html

very interesting, thanks for sharing.
I did not have any problems with my mods so far (about 30 days this season, even with temps down to -15/-20°C and deep powder in Japan), but maybe forces are distributed another way (not so much torsion force).

My mods so far

Half tongue:

Dynafit Liners and relocated top buckle to closest position:

Will post back after some time spent on snow

Much has been thought and said . . . now take a deep breath and pick up the hacksaw 😉

I haven’t seen anyone do that one yet. Would the spring on the latch always bring it onto the pin? Would it line up correctly each time as it came back on the heel? I imagine you would want to leave an open U shape so that the pin lined up into the latch each time.

Stephen wrote:

mgco3 wrote:

caveman wrote:

Do you have more details about the modifications

Thanks allot

All the information is basically displayed in the two pictures: no additional tongue, I removed the upper buckle and placed the velco above the ankle. It can be fixed by replacing the upper screw of the walk/ride mechanism by a longer screw. Additionally, I have cut away about 1 cm of the cuff at the heelside because it caused some pressure pain at my calves. That’s it so far, but it rides a bit different compared to my Scott Orbit so I have to learn once again how to ride a AT boot, at least in some points.

Any further questions?

Its been two seasons since you originally wrote this. Are you still riding these boots? If so, whats your opinion on the mods you made? Good and bad.

Hey Stephen,

I was still riding these boots around 30 days last season. I was quite happy with them (maybe a bit too less shock absorbing, but only noticable in hard snow) but they got kind of too hot and the shell changed a bit its shape while drying them in the camper at the heater… def my fault as the shell is punchable, but from now on the boots caused a strange pressure on my ankle. Therefore I modded them further the past month. I only did some carped testing (still climbing season 😉 ) and they feel way better now (ankle and flex). The mods are a mixture of the Phantom TLT6 Mods and my old mods. Feels like cutting around 2 cm of the blue shell at the ankle to make the blue shell lower in general and cutting the vertical slits were quite effective in terms of forward flex. But they still need to be tested, on snow it feels different than on the carped (whaat, really?)

check out the pics and feel free to ask 🙂

Modifying an Atomic Backland boot for Splitboarding

Best, Jonathan

Is there a difference between the 2017 light blue and orange non-carbon Backlands vs the dark blue 2018-2019? I’m finding some good deals on the older model, but want to make sure there isn’t a reason I should avoid it. It seems like that’s what most in this thread have anyway…

Turns out you can just order new locking leavers online, ended up getting a pair for free so had nothing to lose in trying this. Forward’s flex is awesome while having the normal stop of a highback. Still have to try it on snow, soon, but it looks pretty good. It is also possible to get stiffer tounges online if the soft ones have too much forward flex.

The cut off hits up against the metal pin and with a small circular file it won’t pop out. The spring is strong enough to keep It in position.