Stoked on the report! Russman has ridden it too and he says its super sick (and he rides nothing but Jones boards). I have yet to ride my 167xv (we have 0 snow in Tahoe). I’m only 142 lbs, but I don’t recall it having a ton of camber to worry about flexing so I’m not worried. I used to ride nothing but full cambered 166’s my whole life so I doubt it will be an issue (???) Besides, I carry a 20lb pack so that adds weight. Did you really have that much of a problem with the camber???

Hi everyone! I also have a question about the Rossignols; are they any good for those of us with size 12+ feet? I’ve never been a fan of heel/toe drag…
Thanks!

Thanks Draizuh! I actually ride a Rossignol Krypto and a Gnu Carbon Series when I’m at the resort. I was looking for something from one of those two manufacturers in splitboard so I wouldn’t have as much of an adjustment to make. Whichever way I went I was planning on going with Karakoram bindings, just because of everything I’ve read here. Last night I pulled the trigger. I found a Lib Tech T.Rice Split in 164.5 for $600 and free shipping, then ordered some white Karakoram Split30’s for $480. I’m hoping I did well…
Now that I’ve broken the bank, does anyone have a set of skins they’re willing to sell me for a really good price?

I’m riding the 167 XV right now, and I have a question does anyone elses feel grabby in this spring corn snow? I mean more so than usual? And Rossi is offering a 158, 162 and the 67 next year. http://issuu.com/zuzupopo/docs/rossignol_snowboards_1415_50e960aaeea8a6/5?e=1175889/6637598

I did a diy early rise rocker which really helped relieve the catchy feeling or tracking as I call it, but the xv has rocker in the nose and tail :scratch: I have done the exaggerated detuning at the contact points where I ground a rounded 45° angle and that really didn’t help too much, but it was a full camber board?! I would detune anyways. The more the better I would think. The only other culprit would be the magnetraction. It took me a little time getting used to the magne, but well worth the extra grab for those really hard days.

Mine was terrible on the factory wax on warm snow but after i got a buddy to give it some lovin i didn’t have any issues with it. We didnt get a proper corn season this year it just went from winter pack to isothermic crap pretty quickly.

I just ran into the same issue! Ordered a 159 from mountaingear on insane closeout price, mounted up all the hardware and was like “wait a minute, something isn’t right here…” It would probably be OK with older bindings using the regular Voile climbing wires, but with the Tesla system bindings they require a precise position of the heel rest to match up with the climbing wires from the binding baseplate. Not sure about Karakorams. It’s only an issue with the 159’s. The folks at mountaingear were super helpful. They measure the other 159’s they had in stock and they were all the same. The 167 (and presumably 163) were OK. I ended up exchanging it for a 167.

Couple other observations:

– These boards are stiff as f*ck!! Easily the stiffest board I’ve had. Also, the split version is actually stiffer than the solid (I have a 163 solid from last year). It’s about the polar opposite of my main board, a Burton Spliff 148! 🙂

– The split versions appear to be narrower than the specs in all width dimensions by a couple mm. As if they took a solid, cut it in half, and the difference is due to the removed material from the cut. Again compared to my 163 solid. A bit worried about this for toe/heel drag, but the dimensions are pretty close to my old Jones 164 which I didn’t really have issues with.

– The nose/waist/tail widths appear to be exactly the same for all 3 lengths, which is a bit odd. I confirmed that those specs actually match between the 159 and 167 split. The 167 is just longer.