Definition of splitboard in English:
splitboard
nounˈsplɪtbɔːdˈsplitˌbôrd
A snowboard that can be divided into two parts to be used like skis for climbing with skins.
having ridden backcountry routes on snowboards for ten years, the functionality of a splitboard proved attractive
Example sentencesExamples
- At least one splitboard manufacturer is making their splits with a very short inner edge in order to save weight.
- The board clips alone have made my board perform much better, and much less like a splitboard.
- Lightweight gear is the name of the game for backcountry travel, and as someone choosing to ride a splitboard every ounce counts.
- Via snowmobile, snowshoes, skis, or splitboard, thousands of people show up on weekends to gain sustenance.
- If you're serious about winter backcountry snowboarding in Colorado, get a splitboard rather than using snowshoes.
- Snowshoes will hold their market share as a conveyance due the proliferation of hardened skin tracks, but the splitboard will continue to be the desired mode for any serious backcountry snowboarder.
- By boot and by splitboard, Jones and de Le Rue traveled the glaciers and peaks along Antarctica's coast.
- Watch out for that guy with the splitboard coming up behind you, he might just have less "ski" weight than you do.