I’m not that excited about mine at this point either, but I will give them another chance once the replacement parts from K show up. I just don’t see any overwhelming benefit to the Split30s at this point, and after seeing the Spark Edison system I am very temped to just dump the Ks and ride my Burners for the season and see how that new Spark system shapes up. Your breakage/bendage was probably highly unusual for the Split30s, but the whole system just seems flexy and a bit Rube Goldberg-esque to me. I’m trying hard to think of a category in which I prefer the Karakorams over the Sparks at this point.

The clips are starting to relax a little as they stretch/wear-in, and I can do it with my fingers now without frightening small woodland creatures. I can’t say they make the board ride very differently yet since conditions here have been soft, but they do seem to pull the halves together damn tight. What I do notice is a lot of noisy creaking as the two halves rub against each other when the board gets loaded and the halves try to shift. I have learned to line the halves up carefully before I lock the clips down, and things are working out well.