Interesting and cool ideas. Specs?

Haha, wow, single piece core? That is awesome. Please keep us posted here or FB on how it rides, I need a new deck for next winter and a carbon Divide is on the short list!

Hey everybody. I got these two boards pressed and finished. One with full triaxial basalt laminates and a veneer top, the other with basalt on bottom/ triax glass on top with a clear topsheet. glass is a lower end building material in my thoughts, but I couldn’t cover up both of these beautiful yellow cedar cores.

I rode one yesterday in about 40cm of heavier fresh/and on piste groomers. Here’s the report

The board was super fun and stable at high speeds in pow. It has an overall stiff flex and could handle pointing it down anything. When I landed in the front or back seat there was no feeling that I was going to go over the bars or wash out on the tail. This is due to the stiffer flex in the tips, and a good amount of camber.
The board did do the “SMEAR” and “SLARVING” type turns that I was looking to achieve. If would of done these better without the 1cm of camber that this board has, but you would be sacrificing a lot of overall control. On groomers it took some getting used to. I could do deep heel side turns and lay trenches. The large sidecut made for big turns. The toeside turns were not so easy. I had to learn not to lean to far. The board likes to do huge arcs. If you leaned to hard into them to u were going down. By the end of the day I was railing stylish huge arcs and laying corduroy trenches on the way back to the lift. puck type binding mounts don’t have very much adjustment over the width of a board. I think it would have been a little better to be moved closer to the toeside. I might adjust my heelcup on my binding to accomadate that.

To sum it up: 1st run I was riding it like a hero until I hit the groomer, then I felt like a beginner. This got a lot better. Large sidecut takes getting used to. It was the best board I have ever skinned with. In open Pow it was amazing. In tight trees it was sometimes scary when you got going fast.

I am excited to ride it again. I need to get clips on the second one and pass it around.

-Derek

beautiful finish on those! Derek, check out the mech. properties of S2 glass compared to basalt. I don’t think it is a lesser fiber than basalt. They are about the same, maybe the S2 is a hair lighter with a touch more elongation. I bet its 6s in compression for how it feels underfoot. It is a bit harder to find in Uni, but the 4 and 6 oz fabric for surfboards is widely available and cheap and it wets out glass clear even when you stack it up a bit . . . you probably knew that.

You couldn’t be more right, I’m def the guy in the first pic. Just like I’m I carve just like I lay em out In pow.

Also, there are brand out there that claim there splitboards ride just like a one piece. We all know that’s not true. When you have the deck aggressively on edge on hardpack it’s an “as good as it gets” feeling.

And thanks, I rode agiain in sub par conditions and am definetly getting used to this thing after 2 days.

Cool thing about boarding is it is so easy, uncluttered and uncomplicated that it leaves tons of room for style and expression. Wabi Sabi.

The opposite would be skiing moguls, if you are doing it well, you are pretty much doing it all with the same body mechanics (even though your lines and rhythm might be different).

Sometimes you want to pay attention:

Sometimes you want to stand tall and fall into it because it feels soo good:

lopez

Style developed through really great carving.

I’ve had 4 days on this thing now. The last one was so f#@kin’ fun, It blew my mind. 40cms of fresh dry. Smearing everywhere. Full tilt riding with effortless float. Any awkwardness(and there wasn’t much) that i felt the first two days is gone

I didn’t move the bindings closer to the front edge as I mentioned i might. I just ditched the duck stance.

Comparing this to the more stiff, aggressive boards I’ve had in the past that i would consider all time “charging” boards
this one is right up there.

It charges but it rides FUN. It makes quick smeary turns while maintaining a fall line without loss in speed. Even on low angle terrain. But then if you want you can lay huge aggressive turns and its crazy stable, like its got your back. I even chucked a couple spins off some natural shit!

I wish i could let everyone try one!

I am very surprised that in the previous pages of this thread people just tore into how there should be more splits with wide sidecuts and reverse sidecuts, and tapered tips etc. etc. You make one, confirm the shape works , AND WORKS WELL and only a sole few comment or have a thought!

Anywho, ill be drafting up a couple sizes of this thing for sure and making a few decks in the future. If any of you yanks want to take advantage of my ridiculous low Canadian dollar, its a great time to inquire.

Ill keep trying to pass these along to people to ride in the area and will continue with their feedback atleast

Derek

First off, @dividerides, those are beautiful decks with drool worthy shapes. Thanks for sharing on this forum.

@Scooby2 It’s cute you credit Gerry. (‘Cause it’s really hard to tell in those photos)

@Taylor That’s not a photo of a carve; his head’s pointing the wrong direction. That’s the setup for a Kelly kickout after a carve.