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Voile Split Decision Kit

Voile Split Decision Kit description

The Voile Split Decision Kit has what you need to turn any old plank into a killer backcountry splitboard.

Bottom Line: The Voile Split Decision Kit is the economical splitboard remedy for the do-it-yourself backcountry nut.

The Split Decision Kit works wonderfully. I cannot believe I used snowshoes as long as I did. I split my own board, and these skins work wonderfully. Even though they don't have the back clip, the glue is super sticky. Never worried about the skins coming off. Get a split board and work for your turns.

Bought this kit a few years ago so I could join some buddies on their regular snowshoeing trips in Yosemite without using snowshoes, and with the added benefit of riding the downhills. I had already retired my old Santa Cruz board that had become a little too convex underneath, so it was an ideal candidate. The kit not only provided me with a faster, more comfortable mode of travel on the snow trails than showshoes--I was always way ahead despite never having trekked snow before--but also breathed new life into the board; by using a couple of strategically placed shims under the pucks I was able to take out the convex and restore a slight concave to the bottom surface, when assembled as a snowboard. I found the instructions perfectly easy to follow.

I started splitting my board a few weeks ago and just filled in the holes with epoxy a few days ago. Splitting went pretty well, but I definitely needed a lot of info from the forums on splitboard.com. The main bummer about splitting your own board is the stance is not adjustable. I didn't realize this till after I got the kit. Aso, I don't think the board rides exactly like it would've unsplit. My first skinning experience was interesting. The climbing bars are tricky to flip up and down (I'm gonna add webbing loops) and there was an established boot pack so my post-holing buddy actually beat me up the hill. I'm sure I would be at a much greater advantage on a pow hike though.

My new splitboard works beautifully and cost way less then buying a new one. The center cut line is not perfectly straight which makes it more endearing. The only trouble is that the binding puck hardware doesn't use a T-nut like all the other mounted stuff and the puck ripped off at the end of the day. But I think this will be easily remedied by buying some screws and nuts from Voile. Then it will be perfect. Super easy.

If it was not for the killer tech support supplied here, I would have been deep in the weeds! Voile does not share enough info so you must search out help and experience. The biggest shocker is even if you do everything right you will end up with 10 new 3/4" holes all the way through your board. You need tee nuts with base material attached or bring it to a shop and have them do a base weld in the holes. The rest of the project is reasonable, even cutting the board in two. It's hair raising but doable. I used a jig saw and long flexible fence clamped to the board to make the cut.