Snowboard Equipment

Snowboard Features and Designs:

Measurements: Length, contact length, effective edge, sidecut radius, camber, width (tip/waist/tail).

Rocker: The importance of "Rocker" is most noticible in back country powder. It allows one to "float" on powder (powder bouyancy) without having to lean back so much.

Camber: This is the opposite of rocker, where the mid section of the ski is raised off of the ground if unloaded. Rocker is sometimes refered to as reverse camber. A zero camber board is flat.

Side Cut: Symmetrical vs Asymmetrical sidecut: Asymmetrical sidecut has a deeper sidecut on the heal side for better foot-body balance on the board.

Bitch boards has a complete line of snowboards and clothing for women.

Manufacturers Links:

• Flow
• Head
• ManicSnow.com - spring cushioned bindings
• Nitro
• Ride
• Rossignol
• Rome SDS
• Northwave
• Vist
• Union Binding Company - colorful

ManicSnow: spring cushion magnesium binding

Manufacturers Links:

• DC Shoes
• Flow
• Head
• Nike
• Nitro
• Northwave
• Ride
• Rome SDS
• ThirtyTwo

The purpose of the "Split Board" is to transform a snowboard into a set of mountaineering skiis for back country travel. When coupled with skins attached to the bottom, one can cross country up the mountain. Once at the top, peel the skins off and transform the split board into a unified snowboard and the fresh powder is yours.

The bindings can mount facing forward on the individual board and pivot at the toe for cross country. It can easily be re-mounted in the regular snowboard position for the downhill segment. When mounted in the boarding position, the binding acts as a mechanism to both connect the two boards and keep it stiff.

• Prior Snowboards
• Sentury Snowboards
• Venture Snowboards
• Voile

• Sparkrandd - splitboard binding
• Voile

• Splitboard.com - back country snowboarding website

See our article on backcountry mountaineering for more on splitboards