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What's up, everybody? Here, in the Utah backcountry, proud to introduce the new 2016 Nitro Doppelganger splitboard. It's a new split board to our line this year. Basically has a directional shape, has sweet nose and tail or longer nose and tail to give you more float through the pile. It has our new cam out camber which is a new camera what that is its camber underfoot like normal camber but it has early lifted up in the nose and tail to give even more float and more of an easy ride down the mountain.

A directional shape comes in a mid-wide width. It has been all train flex. The all-terrain flex is our basically a stiffer flex but it's not too stiff so you can still but around have fun on it. A new feature to the doppelganger to all to our split boards is our new hike pods. And what hike pods are similar to our power pods but it goes a little out on the heel and toe edge in them in between the bindings of the board which allows you to get better grip when you're hiking up the trails.

It also gives you better grip on the way down, especially, be getting sketchy icy conditions. The Doppelganger uses our power light core which is a core that's made from the highest grade of poplar wood core. Super lightweight, super snappy. and super responsive. The doppelgänger uses our wintered speed formula. HD base. — the wintered base. Super hard, super fast, and super durable like all our split boards.

The Doppelganger is coulis compatible with this Voile compatible insert pattern so you can use any kind of Voil transition kit on here so you can customize your board and customize your bindings. Set up to do whatever you want with it on our splitboards. We have our own tip and tail locks which come with an ice screw, adjustable screw, in the back so you can take them off and change them all of our split boards.
We use a t70-75 aluminum hook which is a custom hook for us, and they're raised a little so you don't get the insert sticking out on the bottom so you get a nice clean base for fast riding and just less wear and tear. When you have holes on the bottom they start to fray eventually so this is new. The Doppelganger is our new high-end slip board. It has all the technologies you want. It has our new hike pods, super fast space, and a great shape. So check it out.

What's happening guys jeff richards here. My low score in salt lake city utah in here I'm happy to show you the little dude 2017 nitro golfing anger snowboard. New graphic for this year this thing looks awesome and this board has been performing awesome this is a split board that all the hydro team who tried milo. Team rider here griffin zebra this is his favorite border i he's out there getting after all over the Wasatch so here it is its kind of their high fulfillment split board kind of moving. Into some of the tech features of this board was starting with the camera profile so this boards got a cam out nitros came out profile which is a camber between the feet makes the board very stable at high speeds you know and also if you get on any card packet still gonna hold an edge really well but then also it gives the board a lot of snap and it also gives it a nice surface area for when you're skinning up so you can really get those skins to grow conversely it has a little bit of a reverse camber in the nose and the tail just giving you a little bit of early liftoffs making vegas am in charge it features nitros. High-end hd centered basis the fastest. Base the nitro makes holes wax really well easy to repair really everything. That you need in a base and then it also featured features nitros exclusive nice. Three which are aluminum hooks that don't stick out through the bottom of the board here so you never catch any ice or you still in their super easy to use for those quick transition times i know like you're out there and it gets cold it's kind of annoying sometimes things with more together it just makes it that much easier as well. This one features nitros power light core which is going to be back to his lightest core but it's full tip to tail poplar wood core with beech wood strangers so it's very durable it's very. Snappy gets good pop but then it's going to last and yeah it's a great all-around. Board bernie you guys really looking at to push it to the next level when you're out there on the peaks taking it somewhere no one's gone before we're hyped at this board a mylo sport it's going to be available here in salt lake city at this location and also on our website wwl support calm.

What's going on everyone can utilize them from nitro snowboards standing here with my favorite split board it's the 2019 night row of doppelgangers split. Board as you can see it's a directional shaped flip board it's good for pal is. Our cam out camber cam out cameras. Standard camber under the foot almost to. The contact points and the tip and tail and then there's a little early liftoff so you get like you get the best of camber responsive you get the pop you get the stability you want especially when you're split boarding and the board split down the middle you want you to want that extra pop instability you also get the early lift the nose and tail which makes it easier to float when you're adding bow it has a mid wide width has a progressive side cut so it's. A fun responsive side cut good for slashes good for cruising pow it also has our aluminum hooks as you. Can see here and here they do is. Obviously keep this foot board together, but they're raised and why they're raised is because then you do not have. Any holes on the base so you can ice smooth base that's durable it's not gonna rip it's not going to start wear. And tear like a lot of split boards that have holes on the bottom do the doppelgänger has our wintered speed formula base so it's a nice strong base that holds wax really well it's a durable base that's gonna last year after your hike after hike the. Doppelgänger also has our nitro nose and tail clips which are these big beefy clips right here we beefed them up for added durability, and they're also easier to get on and off with gloves on so you have to take your gloves off to get the nose and tail clips when you're putting the board together the doppelgängers. Nose and tail clips and our aluminum hooks are interchangeable with allen. Keys or our flathead screwdriver so it's. Super easy to change out these pieces if you want to use a different system or you have your own personal preference of what kind of hooks and nose and tail clips like to use it's very easy to change these out because the split born is all about customization, and we want to make it so you can customize this however you want doppelgangers hike pods where hike pods. Are is on the side cut of the board on the heel side and toeside in between the bindings the side cut flattens out a little bit which makes it easier to hike up and you get better grip when you're splitting up to the top so you can get there faster and it's so it's very minimal so it's not going to affect your ride down but it really just helps the hike up the. Doppelgänger has our new balsa and choroid color so you have a balsa core which is lightweight very snappy and then you also have patches of choroid material throughout the board to. Reduce the overall weight but also help eliminate chatter and it has a better dampening properties to it so you get a light super lightweight split board balsa core very snappy but at a minimum weight it has diamond laminate which reinforced over a flexible board. To get a nice snappy board enos foot board you're not you're not riding some noodle it's a nice snappy board with a lot of response so if you're looking for a board it's lightweight responsive gonna get you the top of the mountain fast and your friends gonna hold up it's gonna be durable it's gonna ride down the mountain fast hope you slashed better look no further the new 2019. Nitro doppelgänger.

What up adventurous flipboard enthusiasts born to be explorers but you. Want to go snowboarding I'm camille ison. I'm here with metro snowboards and i am stoked to introduce our new 2018 nitro. Doppelganger split board this flip board. Has it's a team favorite all of our team riders they want the doppelganger because it is the best foot board we make one of the best ones on the mountain super-lightweight has a directional split board shape this is. Perfect for those powder days the doppelganger has our cam out camber which is standard camber almost to the. Contact points and right before the contact points to get early rise, or we lift up in the nose and tail to get the response the snap of standard camber to. Makes it nice for hiking up and for riding down but you also get the forgiving this and the floats you want for on your runs down the face you. Decide up you want to enjoy that run and the doppelganger will allow you to do that it isn't mid wide it has our all-terrain flex which we rate it with a. Seven on our flex rating does a little stiff overboard as it should be as a. Progressive side cut which is a side cut that is mellower from the tip to the. Tail but in the tail it gets a tighter radius so it really allows you for quick. Turns on your tail to navigate through the trees and it really allows you to lay into turns and just look like a surfing god going down the doppelganger. Has our wintered speed from the hd base which is a wintered base very durable very fast and very easy to repair for. When your split borden you're going down sketchy stuff and you hit a rock super easy to repair the doppelganger one of the best features about it is it has our hike pods and what the hike pods are. These areas right here it's called out on the board makes it a little flat right there so it's easier when you're hiking up the side cut won't be slipping. Gives you grip on your hike up on the inside ski so it makes it easier to get up the mountain and then you get a slide down with these the doppelgänger has our. Power light core which is a core that's. Made out of the highest grade of ultra lightweight poplar wood core from tip and tail so it's super lightweight so. It's easy when you're going up it's responsive and snappy on the ride down. The doppelganger has a bowl a compatible. Insert pattern here redrilled signature volas use the sparks can use. All the stuff it fits on here prix du pre drilled with inserts the. Doppelganger use is a tee 7075 aluminum. Hooks right here to connect the board together they're super lightweight, and they're very durable, and they're raised just a little bit so you don't have the t-bolt. So don't show until on the base of the board so you get a nice clean finish and it's not going to wear and tear and it just rides good most clipboards you have the little t bolt sticking out at the bottom but here you get a nice clean finish because the t hooks are raised we've also improved beast up our tip and. Tail hooks right here we made them thicker stronger way easier to use the previous years I'm proud of that the. Nitro tip and tail hooks are solid they are bomber if you're looking for a split board the direction of slip board that you can count on year after year and have fun on and you want one that's responsive and rides like a normal snowboard but it's light enough to make the trek up easy and has hike pods. Come no further check out team favorite. Griffon seabirds favorite flip board 2008 nitro doppelganger split board it's. A beauty. The doppelganger also edges on the inside of the ski to add to. Durability and make it easier to ride down hills when you're skiing.

Hi I'm griffin sievert this is the nitro. Doppelganger this is like the board I've been riding for the past two years split. Boarding it seriously rules its good for like every condition for going through like super tyke trees to like. Bombing shoots and riding huge faces it. Will get everything done for you the nitro doppelganger is a traditional. Cambridge snow board it's got nitros cam out so it's traditional camber until. Right outside the bindings and then reverse camber on the tip and tail it just help you flow a little bit better in the pow since usually when you're splitting your in fresh snow hopefully. And then it's a mid wide as well just. Helps you flow a little bit better with no heel or toe drag it has hiker pods on the side cut which make it a little bit. Flatter right in between the bindings which help you just have better grip on the skin up because we all know that can. Be frustrating at times and you don't want to fall and also as nitros wintered. Speed formula eight h.d base super fast. So you're not sticking especially in the springtime when it gets a little warm and you're adding some slushy snow good corn it will keep you haul and ash down. The hill fully compatible with like bolle Karakorum bindings factory inserts. The one benefit to like a factory split board is one's a little bit lighter too. Like say, you have a buddy that wants to try it you can switch the stance up you don't feel like ruin your board by like the diy splits are awesome, but they have. Like t bolts in them then you can't move your stance so it's way better to have. The factory ones you can have some stance option switch it regular to goofy super easy to put all the touring brackets on one good part too about a. Factory split is inside the split it is. A factory edge so when you do it. Yourself it's really hard to get this edge and this helps a lot on the uphill climb so then you have an edge on both sides especially when you get to icy on the skin track comes in very good hand. And comes very handy for skinning up. The doppelganger also comes with nitros. Chinese hooks and nose and tail clips. The cool part about the chinese hooks on this board is they're actually raised up a couple of millimeters and that allows. For the board to not have a little metal. Discs that almost every split board does and usually on split board you're hitting stuff and you got to take the shop based grind it and you won't end up bass grounding through that piece you don't have any metal on there and one's gonna make it faster and then to ill it'll last longer and then it's super easy to replace them because they're all allen key sets especially these nose and. Tail clips it's pretty cool because you can just take a flat head and take it out most companies it's definitely tough to. Get them out because you have to like rivet them off yeah makes just the diy. Part and anything wear and tear a little. But easier this board i would definitely. Recommend for anyone that's riding like especially here in salt lake this is like the epic board for the Wasatch if you were up in the northwest anyone that. Like wants to have a good split board that can literally do everything turning. Like the tightest aspen trees or point like the biggest chute or go riding a k. This thing would do it all it's definitely a great shape too good. Directional tapered shape helps you turn. Super fast and then helps you charge lines stable if you need it so definitely for the dude that just wants a split board that can do everything this is the board for you.

Hello we are here at the nitro booth at the shop first try in ipf todd and in my. Hands I'm holding the new doppelganger it's our new split board for the season 15 16 the doppelganger has the cam out. Rocker this means you got a cam bird. Bored in the middle of the board and the. Tip and tail of the board nose and tail. Are lifted earlier this means the. Contact points are lifted up from the. From the ground or from the snow the good public anger our split board has. Also the hike pots that's especially. Important for hiking up the mountain for a really nice edge hold the hike pots. Are next. The mounting area for the binding of to. Hike up the mountain these high courts. On the outside or if the at the edge. Gives you a really strong hold for. Hiking up the mountain. The board has a polite core that's a. Popular wood core which is very light we. Have two lenses of the board that's 160. And 166 and it has pxo fiberglass it has. A wintered speed formula base which runs. Down the hill especially fast as well. Special about the boards are the aluminum hooks on nose and tail and you. Got clips and nose and tail these both. Features make sure that you have a stiff. Sport for riding down the hill so you're gonna have a lot of fun having a really nice snowboard for riding i think the. Double ganger is the perfect split board for next season and you kind of have a lot of fun hiking up the mountain and. Snowboarding down.

We have the Storm Chaser. We collaborated with Chris Christensen who's a renowned surfboard shaper in San Diego. We were finally able to bring in the bottom contours of a surfboard into this, so we have the spoon nose like you'll find on a surfboard winged tail and then a speed channel.

Out the bottom, the deal of the spoon is we wave what is known as the entry point and that's where it's spooned out and then as we get into the main contact point. Under the feet, it's totally flat like a traditional board and then at the very end just to kind of free the tail a little bit with wings. It's not quite as sticky in the corners of the tail and then the speed channel. What that does is it takes the snow and pushes it out the back of the board so it creates a faster glide. These are bottom contours that surface been using for a long time.

New for this year, we had a 140 to actually ride, the 142 with tunning hard pack early season smaller mountains, the 47s might go to full cowboy and also enjoy that on smooth groomers. First thing in the morning, due to the width of it and the nature of the rocker, you ride this board a lot shorter. The more time I spend on this board the more I realize the diversity of it. Also knew when the storm-chaser series is comes and split.

It's such a fun board. It had to be a split. Works great skinning uphill and you got plenty of grip because of the width but having the shorter length is nice for kick turns. This features the boltless bridge and the new k-clip. But what has really blown me away is the torsional stiffness of the board. One thing it doesn't have is 3d bottom contours of the traditional one, the spoon, and the wings, and it comes in just the 147.

hey what's up this is for share I'm up. Here at mammoth mountain riding the gnu jones storm-chaser the jones. Storm-chaser is a collab between germy and surfboard shaper chris christensen but it has a lot of influence with surfboard design as a really cool surf. Rocker profile on the board features a. Spoon nose tail wings and a speed. Channel With that spoon knows its kind of that. Extra little bonus gift that liftoff and. Pow and kind of keep you on top and keep you going at high speeds what i like. About the storm chaser is its a small. Board that rides bigger as a really. Tight radius side cut nimble in the trees. And really responsive on the hill i ride. The 147 storm chaser kind of turns the whole mountain into this epic surf park.

I'm Lisa with Venture Snow Horse; Silverton, Colorado. We built all our force from scraps right there in the heart of San Juan mountains what we're. Looking at right here is the Paragon. This is a newer board in the line. It's all-mountain and intended to kind of be a quiver at one. You can ride it anywhere and like all the ports in our line, you can see, it's available both solid and slit. If you're venturing out of bounds or want to get into the backcountry we have your cover there. Next up we have the Felix a directional twin so those that are little more freestyle oriented will find this is a really good choice that they like to ride.

Switch the graphic on. This is featuring topo map of the Silverton area so this is actually Sultan Peak right outside of Silverton. That you see here just tying it together a little bit with where the boards are actually made.

Next up we have stormed which is our flagship freeride board. Probably our most popular model. This has some paper and stance offset. A nice wide Shovel, so really pops out the snow and does great in a variety of different snow conditions. This is probably my favorite board in the line. The one that I write about.

Here we have the Odin. This is a big mountain board so if you want to make three turns top to bottom, if you like to go at max speed, this is the board for you. Really excels in steep terrain. I have a shallower sidecut than the rest of the boards in the line so it's going to make big wide arcing parents.

This one here is our Euphoria and this is a powder surfer and a powder specific shape. As you can see, it's got a super wide nose, a cool little fishtail that helps your back leg thank you, and it's 27 centimeters wide so lots of surface area for slope motion. And then over here we've got our women's offerings on the Oracle and a Tempest. And these are the women's versions of the Paragon and Storm that we talked about over there more of an all-mountain shape for just riding in bounds with the resort. A variety of conditions and then a pretty rad shape for ladies that want to take it into bigger terrain. So, that's the Venture Lineup.

Welcome to Backcountry Ski in Canada. My name is Bradley Moore. Today I'll be doing a splitboard review for the Voile Revelatory BC. Voile Company based at a Utah. They've been around for a number of years. Arguably, they started it all with the do it at home split kit.
This is where you cut one of your snowboards in half and reattach it with the hardware. They provide turning it into a split board and getting you out in the backcountry.

The Revelator comes in a few different models. This is the BC which the biggest feature is the traction pattern located on the back of the board. This is right under foot where your bindings will be in touring mode. The fish-scale pattern has been seen on cross-country skis before and works really well for low angle approaches. You get to a trailhead and you're gonna hit some roly terrain where there's gonna be a little bit up and down nothing too steep. You might want to leave your skins off right away. Just carry them in your pack until you hit something steeper to throw them on.

This fish-scale pattern works really well on low angle approaches. I've used it a number of times and quite enjoy. It is tapered at the tail. A little wider at the nose. The early rise camber helps keep that pow beneath you and gives it quite a surfy feel to it. The Polonia wood core is durable and lightweight. The board itself only weighs about 6 pounds 8 ounces, has a nice flex too. It a little more rigid because you're gonna be in the backcountry and shredding the power so that's what you want for surfing. The board itself is very easy to take apart and put together, you just undo the clips at the top and bottom comes apart to sides. You can throw your bindings on. You're ready to go.

Putting the board back together is also extremely easy. You want to put them in on a bit of an angle. Slide it in, flip it up the tip and tail. There you have it ready to go. When you throw your bindings on it's gonna help the board stay a lot more rigid and it's a great product. This board comes in four different sizes ranging from a 159 to a 169. This is the 162 which is suited well for my height and weight.

It has a lifetime warranty so the bindings are attached in a riding mode with these four pucks. You can set it up at home very easily with the guide that they provide for you. The pucks are slanted about three degrees. This allows for your knees to be slightly bent. This is going to give you a more powerful stance when you're strapped on your snowboard, of course, you're going to be aggressively charging the mountains. If you want to a powerful stance that you're going to be stable and your feet the bindings.

I have been the light red rail, very lightweight - about four pounds. The aluminum base has this pattern in it to help keep from icing up, snowing up. These are very lightweight and durable and also very comfortable. I've really enjoyed riding with these. The rail system works fairly easy, just slides right in and then you've got a pin on the toe side. It just slides up through and attaches here very sturdy, very stable. Really enjoy these bindings. You can set them up many different ways so that they're adjusted to your particular snowboard boot. You can put the toe piece over your toe or around it. However, you feel comfortable. The adjustable heel cup is great for touring also. As you can make your stands aggressive for the downhill are very loose for long strides when in tour mode. A great feature with the light rail bindings is the avalanche ripcord. There're holes located on the clip side where it's a cord that attaches from both buckles. In the case of an avalanche, you can rip the cord and it will unlock your ladders, slide the board off your feet and you can ditch it completely. This has been a product review for Backcountry Skiing Canada. Thank you.

Hey my name is garrett tate I'm here with Boulez skis and split boards at the. Tahoe mountain sports about to give a product clinic on the new stuff we have for 2014 and 15 just the kind of basic. Distinction between ski and snowboard. Construction the cap is gonna be lighter. A better for back country the sidewall is. Gonna be heavier but more sturdy and able to give a more specific flex profile as if it's a better feel on the. Slopes for both skis and snowboards so that's why i like inbound skis typically have sidewall construction, but they're not as good for back country because they're gonna be heavier another disadvantage is especially with skis and the texas split boards when you're skinning is that the sidewall is vulnerable to getting kind of jacked up. A little bit just because it's higher and straight there but it gives you the much better ride that much better feel and so this is going to be the park snowboarder the person who is in bounds a lot too but wants to get in the back country and this is a light set up compared to other brands out there and so it's still a very good everyday touring machine for folks but it's the. One that's gonna feel more like the boards that folks are used to so that might be why more people kind of stay towards this where this one is kind of. New and unique to the scene in that it's the totally touring specific board it's. Capped construction so it's gonna be significantly lighter it's not gonna. Feel quite the same on groomers because it doesn't have the ability to have the layers on the inside so you don't have the same flex profile so it won't be quite as supple and enjoyable on the. Hard pack but then on the powder where we don't feel that as much it works and the weight savings are huge here, and we. Don't see as much kind of jacking up at the sides because the way that and then Cartesian that you guys will carry the male and female version obviously just a graphic change and then a size range difference so that's the. Female one of the top sheets for the female variants and this is this one setup kind of the whole way it goes these pucks are counted three to three. Degrees in so the feet are naturally just a little bit tilted in three degrees or two point seven to be real specific and that's something that is pretty unique and gives a big difference. In the feel of somebody's ride when they're when their feet are just a little bit can't it like that so these all it takes is popping these out and then resetting them at whatever width or. Stance that you have so this puck system. Doesn't do't isn't the efficiency on this board as much as the revelatory's it. Is kind of really make that process easier and so this demonstrates kind of. The sluggishness of how you got to move those pups which isn't necessarily bad if it's up for up so you can change your stance really easily so that's the new puck system how this hardware system works you just pop off these ends. And then these boards just slide apart. These get tilted this way so that the. Hardware's out of the way and then it's in split mode the Cartesian as a directional twin with two centimeters of setback generous rocker in the tail and. A playful flex so that's where you see kind of difference you have more ability to design flex into this board with that with the sidewall construction versus that cap which is better to the. The folks that are riding inbound well and playing more on the features in the back country another difference is kind of what the materials are on the inside so the Cartesian is the is aspen. Wood the whole way core where this one. Polonia is kind of the ultralight wood design in there with a carbon top sheet what's the weight because a back country board that's one of the biggest things right that you're thinking about the mail revelatory is six eight ounces and. Then mail Cartesian is seven so. It's almost a pound difference between these pen a woman's is six pounds eight ounces in the men's and women's have the same camber profile it is yeah they're. The same board they're just smaller just the scaled-down version of it and then the skin we sell the skins in a couple different models the cheapest version you can get with just a tip the toe clip. And then they stop the tail may just. Stick tons of people use those, and they work fine it kind of depends on it changes where you are in the snow consistency how well that sticks in my experience. Skiing i travel a lot in the winter and. So i often see that fail on me as soon as it starts to get snow and ice built in their just doesn't stick anymore it comes off and i'm wishing i had a template so for a little bit more money the tail clips available you can either get the skis with the tuff that pre mounted like this or you can actually start with the cheaper version that doesn't have a tough clip figure out. That you wish you had the toe clip meters in mine and it's pretty easy to mount on there.

Dave frisson here from full a manufacturing back country skiing canada talking a little bit about our new split board called the revelatory bc it's. A one of it's the first of its kind it. Has a scale or attraction base on each. Split work half unique it's not the. Skin replacement, but we added the scale, so they keep your skins in your packet more often it's. More for long low angle approaches if. Your yo-yo riding if you're on a traverse on a rich diverse and it also features our new channel puck system or. Those channels in lord haves and it. Makes the set up your stance with an angle so much faster you just loosen the. Screws and then you can move the puck spray need to toe and heel and it's just. Going to make it so much easier for users to set themselves up.