That looks like a sweet board. I considered it myself, but got a K2 Panoramic 154 for a steal. Don’t limit yourself to just “women’s” splitboards. There are probably a number of other boards out there that would work for her but don’t happen to be marketed to women. Also, I find it odd when men buy things like this for their wives/girlfriends. I’d definitely be stoked about a snowboard as a gift, but I’d much rather it be something I picked for myself than something my boyfriend thought I’d like.

My wife rode a Voile Mojo 154 last winter and really loved it. She liked the way it rode better than any of her solid boards, in fact. I think it was the taper and easy manners that she liked. She rides all-mountain but doesn’t leave the ground or do tricks. Just cruises. We got her a Brandywine last spring and she didn’t like it much at all. She thought it was unpredictable and harder to control than the Mojo. Turn initiation was difficult for her. It totally lacked a nose, so that combined with a lack of stance options because of interference with the far forward touring brackets, I don’t think it would make a good powder board. We got rid of it this summer.

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How do you like the K2 Pano? I checked that one as well, the options are quite open for anything thats not too bulky/heavy/stiff. I just reference the Brandywine to give ppl a sense of what I’m looking for.

I haven’t gotten to ride it yet, but it has the same basic profile as my Capita Charlie Slasher 154, with rockered nose and flat between the bindings (though it has a little softer flex and it’s not tapered like the Charlie), and I love that thing. BTW, I’m 5’4″ 135lbs, and if I’d had the choice between the 154 and the 158 at the same price I probably would have gone for the longer one, at least for our conditions. I bought it sight-unseen, and would have also liked it to be a bit stiffer, but I think the Panoramic will be a lot of fun on mellow runs in deep coastal pow, which is what I got it for.

It looks like Voile is dropping the Mojo this year in favor of the Artisan (or at least it’s not on their website and I have not heard any news on it). It’s too bad as I think the taper, long camber, and light weight are some of the things that made it popular if not a particularly cutting-edge design. It seems that everything needs to have complicated micro-cambers and localized rocker nowadays and the Mojo was just too old school. Pretty soon we will be riding on boards that look like corrugated tin roofing.

Someone posted a link here recently where you could pick up last year’s Mojo 154 crazy cheap.

if those are blems why doesn’t the web page make a note of that? it just shows new and on sale…