What's better - snowboarding or skiing? A new craze for extreme riders eliminates the need to choose. Splitboards are snowboards that split into touring skis and thus help adventurers explore broader terrain. Companies now manufacture these special snowboards that separate into mountain wide powder skis that glide high on the snow, making it easier to travel long distances in the backcountry. Many riders also bring along collapsible poles and climbing skins help provide traction when ascending steep slopes.Splitboarding has been around since the mid-1980s. But few companies were manufacturing models, so early participants made their own by cutting old snowboards in half.
Above: A mounting kit allows standard bindings to switch from a sideways snowboard stance to a forward-facing, free-heeled touring-ski operation.
Broken Social Scene - "Our faces split the coast in half"
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